1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1989/2008 ---------------------------------------------------- Smt.Lila Machhindra Mate ... PETITIONER VERSUS The Union of India and others ... RESPONDENTS .... Shri Kadethankar,Adv.for petitioner. Shri K.B.Chouhari,AGP for respondent State. ... CORAM : A.P.DESHPANDE & N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ. DATE :19/01/2010 ORAL ORDER : The petitioner's husband Machhindra Mate was in the employment of respondent no.3. He expired while in service on 8/12/1997. Being a widow of the deceased, the present petitioner submitted pension claim form, on 27/10/98 and yet again subsequently on 5/4/2002 to the State Regional office, claiming widow pension 2 under the scheme. As the respondent no.3 found certain discrepancies in the statement made by the deceased, in form 10-D, the widow pension was not released in favour of the petitioner. It is not disputed that as a wife, the name of the petitioner has been mentioned by the deceased. Since the date of death of the deceased, about 12 years have passed and no one else has made any claim whatsoever for the widow pension. In that view of the matter, respondent no.3 has taken a decision to grant widow pension to the petitioner under the Employees Pension Scheme 1995. The pension has been released in favour of the petitioner w.e.f. 9/12/1987 at the rate of Rs.450/- p.m. vide pension order dated 6/12/2009. During pendency of this petition, an affidavit in that regard has been filed, which is dated 14/12/2009. In that view of the matter, the grievance made by the petitioner stands redressed by pension payment order on 6/12/2009. Hence the matter the petition stands stands disposed of as infructuous. [N.D.DESHPANDE] [A.P.DESHPANDE] JUDGE JUDGE umg/wp1989-08 3