IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21489 of 2011 Akbarun Nesa wife of Late Md. Aquil, resident of village Kondhawalia, P.S. Bagahi, Via Harinagar, District West Champaran, Bettiah. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Department of Health through its Principal Secretary. 3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Under Secretary, Department of Health, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The District Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah. 6. The Civil Surgeon, West Champaran, Bettiah. 7. The Treasury Officer, Bettiah. 8. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 5.12.2011. Heard Shri Onkar Nath, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Umesh Kumar, learned A.C. to G.P.1, who appears on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 7/State of Bihar and Shri Satyendra Kumar Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.8/Accountant General. The petitioner’s husband had retired as Assistant, Anti Malaria Officer in Gandak Project, Balmikinagar, West Champaran. Subsequently, he died and after the death, family pension in favour of the petitioner has been started. However, arrear of family pension for the period between 20.6.2008 and August,2009 has not been paid. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that vide Annexure-1, the respondent 2 no.8/Accountant General had requested the department of Health for issuance of sanction order regarding the arrears of pension. The total amount as per Annexure-1 is Rs.64,863/-. It was submitted that communication by the Accountant General was made in the month of March,2010. However, till date, the department has not taken any step for issuance of approval/sanction for clearance of arrear of pension. In view of the fact that the petitioner is a widow and she is getting family pension and arrear of pension has not been paid due to un- sustainable reason, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be allowed at this stage with a direction to all the respondents to take all steps to make payment of arrear of pension as indicated in Annexure-1 to the writ petition within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)