16.07.2026 23 sdas WPA 9905 of 2026 with CAN 1 of 2026 Smt. Keya Mukherjee Vs. The Union of India & Ors. Ms. Parna Roy Choudhury Ms. Payel Ghosh Ms. Trisa Chanda .….. for the petitioner Mr. M. S. Tiwari ……for the respondents no 1-4 Ms. Esha Banerjee …… for the respondents no. 5-7 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. The petitioner is the only daughter of an employee, engaged with the Calcutta Telephones (presently BSNL) who retired on August 31, 2026 as a Senior Telecom Operating Assistant. 3. The petitioner is also a widow as her husband having expired on September 29, 2020. Mother of the petitioner expired sometime in November, 2025 whereupon she made an application for family pension, as the only widowed daughter of the former employee. She has made the requisite application with the respondent no. 5 which has been forwarded to the respondent no. 2 on May 26, 2026. 2 4. As it appears from the letter dated May 26, 2026 that the petitioner has submitted all requisite documents, which have also been duly forwarded by the respondent 5 to the respondent no. 2. However, no decision has been taken in respect of such application made by the petitioner. 5. Respondent no. 2 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner considering all documents which have been submitted by her by August 20, 2026 and communicate the resultant order to the respondent no. 5 and the petitioner. 6. Respondent no. 5 will take all necessary steps to ensure that the family pension will be released in favour of the petitioner, if she is found eligible by the respondent no. 2. 7. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition along with CAN 1 of 2026 are disposed of. 8. There will be no order as to costs. 9. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)