IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1977 of 2009 SHANTI DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 10/2/2009 Claim of the petitioner, a widow of Late Dhanunjoy Prasad Singh, working as Junior Accounts Clerk in Pandarak/Dhanaura block, is aggrieved on account of inaction on the part of the respondents for finalizing her claim for payment of family pension and other retiral benefits admissible to her on account of pre- matured death of her husband, who is said to have died in harness. Reading of the writ application, however, would reveal that husband of the petitioner was facing some sort of controversy with regard to handing over some official records which was under his custody. This Court, therefore, is not in a position to know as to what is the financial liability of husband of the petitioner which remains unexplained by the authorities of the government on account of non handing over the aforesaid documents. In that view of the matter, Cadre 2 Controlling authority of husband of the petitioner, namely, the Collector of the Patna district must decide claim of the petitioner as with regard to family pension and other retirement benefits strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of filing of the representation by the petitioner along with copy of this order setting out her claim. This would dispose of this application. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar