IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10747 of 2008 Asha Devi @ Asha Kiran Sinha , daughter of Sri Raghu Singh, wife of Sri Satya Narayan Singh, resident of Village- Nayaganj, P.S. Desari, District-Vaishali -----------Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Rural Development , Govt. of Bihar,Patna 2. The Secretary, Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar,Patna 3. The Chief Engineer, Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar,Patna 4. The District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur 5. Sri Satya Narayan Singh, Son of Late Meharchand Singh, resident of Village- Najrahi Raghunandan, P.S. Desari, District- Vaishali --------------------------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 09-11-2011 The present writ petition has been filed with a prayer to direct the Respondents, particularly Respondent no.5 to pay half of the retiral dues and pension to the petitioner. The petitioner claims to be the second wife of Respondent no.5, who retired in the year 2003 as Junior Engineer, Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar. In this case, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of Respondent nos.1, 2 and 3. It has been specifically stated in the counter affidavit that in the service record, the name of the wife of Respondent no.5 was recorded as Indra Rani Singh, who died on 19.04.2006. In the Service record, there is no material to show that the petitioner was legally wedded wife of Respondent no.5. The Court is of the opinion that while exercising writ jurisdiction, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. The Respondent no.5 after retirement is alive and is getting pension . 2 Accordingly, the Court is of the opinion that the writ petition is misconceived and the same stands rejected. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)