IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1093 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8733 of 2008 With Interlocutory Application No. 5054 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No.1093 of 2011 ====================================================== Smt. Sheela Devi @ Gangia Devi, Wife of Late Manik Rai, Resident of Village- Mohanpur, Police Station Samastipur, District Samastipur. .... .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna through its Chairman. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Mithila Electric Supply Division, Darbhanga. 5. The Electric Superintending Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Samastipur. 6. The Assistant Electric Engineer, Electric Supply Sub-Division, Samastipur (Urban). 7. Pawitri Devi alias Pabitri Devi, Wife of Late Manik Rai, Resident of Village- Mohanpur, Police Station Samastipur, District Samastipur. .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Subhash Chandra Bose, Advocate For the Respondents : Mrs. Nividita Nirvikar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER Patna High Court LPA No.1093 of 2011 (2) dt.28-07-2011 2 / 2 2 (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2. 28.07.2011 Interlocutory Application No. 5054 of 2011: The delay of 23 days occurred in filing the Letters Patent Appeal is condoned. Letters Patent Appeal No.1093 of 2011: This Appeal preferred by the writ petitioner under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent arises from the order dated 26th April 2011 made by the learned single Judge in above C.W.J.C. No. 8733 of 2008. In the above writ petition the appellant claims to be the legally wedded wife of one Manik Rai, an employee of the respondent Electricity Board. The said Manik Rai passed away on 29th July 2000 in harness. The appellant’s claim for compassionate appointment was rejected on the ground that she was not a legally wedded wife of the deceased. The challenge to the said order in above C.W.J.C. No. 8733 of 2008 has failed before the learned single Judge. Therefore, the present Appeal. The appellant has admitted that she had married the deceased during the subsistence of his first marriage. The Appeal is devoid of any merit. The Appeal is dismissed. The Interlocutory Application stands disposed of. Pawan Kumar/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)