IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15221 of 2010 LAKHO DEVI , wife of Late Muneshwar Ram @ Muneshwar Yadav, resident of Village Bhaluari, P.S. Indrapuri, District Rohtas. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Water Resources Deptt., Patna. 2. The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Department of Water Resources, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Superintending Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Circle, Gaya Camp, Dehri. 4. The Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Dehri, District- Rohtas. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Dehri, District Rohtas. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. 7. The District Treasury Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 17.9.2010 A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as also the learned counsel for the Accountant General. The petitioner is aggrieved by the orders refusing to allow family pension vide order contained in letter no.537 dated 22.5.2010 (Annexure 4) as also letter no.797 dated 28.6.2010, as contained in Annexure 4/1. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that while refusing the family pension, no material was considered by respondent no.4 as to whether there was any divorce between the petitioner and her deceased husband and, as such, the aforesaid orders depriving family pension to the petitioner is not justified. - 2 - Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the allegation of the petitioner needs to be verified from the record. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of her aforesaid grievances, the petitioner proposes to file a detailed representation before the Superintending Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Circle, Gaya Camp, Dehri (respondent no.3), with a copy to the Chief Engineer (Mechancial), Department of Water Resources, Bihar, Patna (respondent no.2) and the Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Dehri, District-Rohtas (respondent no.4). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of her grievances as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of four weeks, the grievances of the petitioner as raised in her representation be considered and disposed of by a reasoned order in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation so that the grievances of the petitioner may be settled at the earliest. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)