IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6413 of 2008 Radha Devi , wife of Late Ramchandra Singh, resident of Village- Parsauni, P.O. Parsauni Pagahiya, Via- Hardi, P.S. Saraiya, District-Muzaffarpur ------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Director, Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar,Patna 3. The Director, Cane Research Centre, Pusa, District- Samastipur 4. The Accountant General,Bihar,Patna ---------------------------------- 02 19-09-2011 Heard Sri Pankaj Kumar Singh-1, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Shashi Shekhar Prasad Singh, learned A.C. to Govt. Pleader no.17, who appears on behalf of Respondent / State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent/ Accountant General,Bihar, Patna. The present writ petition has been filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the Respondents to revise the pension of her husband and after the death of her husband also to revise family pension in view of Finance Department Resolution No.11557 dated 22.12.1999. The husband of the petitioner had retired on 31.08.1980 as Head Clerk from Cane Research Centre, Pusa, District- Samastipur and he subsequently died on 19.11.1990. The petitioner has claimed that the pension of her husband was not fixed correctly and similarly, family pension of the petitioner was also not fixed in accordance with law. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had also filed representation before the Respondent no.2. 2 However, neither any decision has been taken on the representation of the petitioner nor pension has been revised till date. In this case, no counter affidavit has been filed till date either on behalf of the Respondent/State or on behalf of the Respondent / Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. It was submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the writ petition may be disposed of directing the Respondents to take final decision in the matter. In view of the stand taken by the parties, there is no need to keep the matter further pending. The writ petition stands disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before the Respondent no.2 / the Director, Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed by the petitioner, the Respondent no.2 is required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of filing of such representation. If the Respondent no.2 considers the claim of the petitioner as genuine, he is required to pass order for sanction regarding the revision of pension within the aforesaid time .Even in case of refusal, the Respondent no.2 is required to pass speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within four months from the date of filing of such representation. The Court expects that the Respondent / Accountant General, Bihar after receipt of the sanction order will issue authorization within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the sanction order. 3 With the above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)