Authority: Calcutta High Court (Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction, Appellate Side)
Order Date: 12 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petition: WPA 18670 of 2026, Aloka Naskar vs Union of India and others; petitioner represented by Mr. Gazi Faruque Hossain; respondents represented by Mr. Shiv Chander Prasad, Mr. Rajesh Upadhyay (Respondent No. 1) and Mr. Ashok Kumar Jena (Respondent No. 2).
- Issue: Application for family pension payable to a widowed daughter of the deceased employee, Tarapada Mondal, who worked at Shyama Prosad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata and died on 24 May 2023, leaving six daughters and two sons.
- The court noted that the petitioner's application was not in the prescribed format and did not comply with the requirements of the Circular dated 25 September 2012.
- The petitioner was directed to file a complete application in conformity with the September 2012 circular to Respondent No. 2.
- Respondent No. 2 was ordered to dispose of the corrected application within eight weeks from the date of receipt.
- No order as to costs was made; affidavits were not called for, and therefore the allegations in the petition are deemed denied.
- An urgent photostat certified copy of the order may be provided to the parties on priority.
Final Outcome
- The writ petition is disposed of without granting the family pension; the petitioner must re‑apply in the correct format, and the respondent must decide within eight weeks, with no costs awarded.
Topics: Family Pension, Court Order, Procedural Compliance