IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7846 of 2008 Dhaneshwari Devi, W/o Late Sarjug Prasad Sah, resident of village Prem Nagar, P.S. Sabour, District Bhagalpur……………….Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Science & Technology Department, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Director, Science & Technology Department, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Principal, Bhagalpur College of Engineering, P.O. Sabour, P.S. Sabour, District Bhagalpur. 5. The Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna………………………………………………..……………….Respondents --------------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Lakmesh Marvind, Advocate For the State: Mr. Vijay Kumar Pandey, A.C. to G.P.18 For the Accountant General: Mr. Arun Kumar Arun, Advocate 4 29.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that benefits of first and second A.C.P. scheme have been granted to the deceased husband of the petitioner after filing of the writ application. He submits that now family pension of the petitioner has to be revised in view of grant of A.C.P. to her husband. He further submits that statutory interest on the amount of gratuity has not been paid to the 2 petitioner which was paid six years after retirement of her husband. Both the claims of the petitioner appear to be reasonable. Hence, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider entitlement of the petitioner to interest on gratuity of the deceased husband of petitioner, as may be admissible to her, as per the Statute and to revise her family pension taking into account the A.C.P. granted to her husband. In this regard appropriate orders must be passed by the respondents positively within two months with consequential order for payment of arrear of monetary benefits arising for the same. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)