IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17512 of 2009 1. PHULESHWARI DEVI W/O LATE KAILASH RAM R/O MOHALLA- KASERA TOLI, P.S.- DAUDNAGAR, DISTT.- AURANGABAD Versus 1. THE UNION OF INDIA 2. THE STATE OF BIHAR 3. THE CHIEF CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI 4. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, BIHAR, PATNA 5. THE COLLECTOR, AURANGABAD 6. THE INCHARGE OFFICER, DISTRICT GENERAL BRANCH, AURANGABAD 7. THE SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER, DAUDNAGAR, DISTT.- AURANGABAD 8. THE ANCHALADHIKARI, DAUDNAGAR, DISTT.- AURANGABAD 9. THE SUB-TREASURY OFFICER, DAUDNAGAR, DISTT.- AURANGABAD ----------- 2/ 04/01/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State, the Union of India and the Accountant General. Counter affidavit is stated to have been filed on behalf of the Union of India on 23.4.2010, but it is not available on record. The Court therefore requested the learned counsel for the Union of India to make available his copy for perusal so as not to hold up the proceedings on that ground. Let the office place the original counter affidavit on record retaining a Xerox copy of the copy placed by the counsel for the Union of India. The husband of the petitioner late Kailash Ram is stated to have been granted freedom fighters pension and continued to receive it from the Union of India till his death on 19.2.2008. The grievance is that the freedom fighters family pension has not been made - 2 - available to the petitioner from the Union of India thereafter. Learned counsel for the Union of India from paragraph 3 of its counter affidavit submits that the Union of India does not deny the claim. The defence thereafter is only of official formalities. The Court therefore directs all the aforesaid respondents to act in unison and to ensure that the widow is not pushed from one office to another to avail the benefits of her pension from the Union of India and that all necessary action is taken by them together so that the petitioner starts to receive all arrears of the freedom fighters pension from the date of the death of her husband along with current family pension within a maximum period of two months from the date of receipt/presentation of a copy of this order before the respondent No.5 who is directed to take immediate and expeditious steps for completion of all formalities within the same period. The answerability for compliance shall rest jointly and individually upon the respondents. The writ application stands disposed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)