IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7080 of 2011 Pushpa Kumari, daughter of Late Jitendra Harizan, resident of Village-Mirzapur, P.S. Sabour, District- Bhagalpur-- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, Horticulture, Bihar, Patna 4. The District Horticulture Officer, Saharsa 5. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna 6. The Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur, District-Bhagalpur ------------------------------- Respondents. ----------- 02 22-04-2011 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead the Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur as Respondent no.6 in this application in course of the day. Heard Sri Sharda Nand Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Prabhat Kumar, learned A.C. to Govt. Advocate no.2, who appears on behalf of Respondent nos.1 to 4 and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent nos.5 and 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner in view of Annexure-2 i.e. letter no. Pen.-16-182 dated 18.6.2004/28.6.2004 has prayed for directing the Respondents, particularly newly added Respondent no.6 to start paying family pension to the petitioner since son of the deceased employee, who was getting family pension, has already attained majority on 14.10.2010. The petitioner’s father, while working as 4th Grade employee in the office of District Horticulture Officer, Saharsa, died on 20.3.1995. After the death of the father of the petitioner, the family pension was authorized by the Accountant General in favour of son of 2nd wife of deceased employee. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner, while referring Annexure-2 to the writ petition, submits that while authorizing family pension in favour of brother of the petitioner, it was made clear that at the relevant time, the petitioner was 12 years old and family pension was authorized in favour of her brother Uttam Kumar. It was made clear that after his brother Uttam Kumar attains his majority, the Treasury Officer will stop family pension in his favour and start paying family pension in favour of petitioner till she attains majority or she got married. Learned counsel for the petitioner has prayed that this writ petition may be disposed of directing the Respondents to take decision on the representation, which was filed on behalf of the petitioner vide Annexure-4 to the writ application. The prayer made on behalf of the petitioner has not been refuted by learned counsel for the State. In view of the stand taken by the parties, the writ petition stands disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before newly added Respondent no.6/ Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur within a period of six weeks from today . If such representation is filed by the petitioner, Respondent no.6 is directed to take final decision within two months from the date of filing of such representation. With above observation and direction, the petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)