IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARNCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 406 (SS) 2005. Smt. Hema Rautela W/o late Sri Ishwar Singh Rautela, Resident of Lower Mall Road, Talla Kholta, Almora. …………Petitioner. Versus 1. Uttaranchal Power Corporation Ltd. Through its Chief Managing Director Dehradun, Urja Bhawan, Kanwali Road, Dehradun, 2. General Manager, Uttaranchal Power Corporation, Kathgodam, Nainital. 3. Executive Engineer Distribution Division, Uttaranchal Power Corporation, Ranikhet, Almora. …….Respondents. Sri Gopal Narayan, Adv. and Sri L.K. Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Gopal Narayan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the Uttaranchal Power Corporation/respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner have prayed for the following reliefs:- i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to decide the representation dated 02.01.2005 (annexure-1) of the petitioner and pay the final family pension to the petitioner from the date of death of her husband, ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to pay the arrears of pension money to the petitioner alongwith the penal interest at the current market rate, iii. Issue any other order or direction which this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper, iv. To award cost throughout. Briefly stated that the husband of the petitioner who was working with the respondents’ Department expired on 17.11.2000, while in service. After the husband of the petitioner expired, interim family pension was granted by the Department, sometimes in the year 2002. when no final family pension was granted by the respondents, the petitioner constrained to file the present petition. Counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents in the year 2005. in para-8 and 9 of the counter affidavit the respondents have submitted that the matter of family pension has already been considered by the Department, which is in the final stage. The counter affidavit was filed long back in the year 2005, counsel for the petitioner has submitted that till date he has not been granted final family pension. In the circumstances mentioned above, I deem it fit and proper to direct the respondents to settle the matter of final family pension of the petitioner within the period prescribed by the Court. Accordingly, I direct the General Manager/respondent no. 2 to settle the matter of final family pension of the petitioner within a period of three months from today positively, in case the same has already not been settled by now. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) December 7, 2006: NCM: