IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2789 of 2009 CHANDRA KALA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 02.03.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents including counsel for the State Bank of India. It seems that there no dispute in this case that the husband of the petitioner was a pensioner and the petitioner being wife was nominee for being paid family pension after death of her husband. It is the case of the petitioner that her husband, the pensioner, had died on 1.12.2007 and even when the order sanctioning the payment of the pension or authorization made by the Treasure Officer, had left nothing for speculation for the entitlement of the petitioner for payment of her such family pension, the same was for the reasons best known to the authorities-State Bank of India was not being paid to the petitioner. Normally, in the case of this nature when the entitlement is not in dispute, the authorities are expected to take a final decision either by allowing payment of family pension or by disclosing the reasons for not paying the same. The grievance of the petitioner that for last 15 months she is not being paid family pension is thus - 2 - quite genuine in as much as a widow cannot be allowed to go without payment of her admissible amount of family pension. That being so, this Court would direct the respondents to ensure that the family pension of the petitioner is paid to her, both arrears and current, within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. If for any reason whatsoever the writ petitioner is not found entitled for grant of such family pension, the respondents would be under obligation to record reasons and communicate it to the petitioner within the same period. With the aforementioned observations and directions this writ application is disposed of. Bibhash (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)