{"id":37332,"date":"2010-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sharda-vs-the-bihr-state-electricity-boa-on-29-april-2010"},"modified":"2017-08-11T00:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:41:44","slug":"sharda-vs-the-bihr-state-electricity-boa-on-29-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sharda-vs-the-bihr-state-electricity-boa-on-29-april-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sharda vs The Bihr State Electricity Boa on 29 April, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Patna High Court<\/div>\n
Sharda vs The Bihr State Electricity Boa on 29 April, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Jyoti Saran<\/div>\n
                 CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION    CASE No.15329 OF 2005\n\n           In the matter of an application under Article 226 of\n           the Constitution of India.\n\n           Sharda, wife of Late Ram Krishna Ram, Senior\n           Abhiyanta, Bidyut Electricity, resident of Village-\n           Lodipur, Ward No.22, Post.Thail Zamania, District-\n           Gajipur, U.P.\n\n           Petitioner.\n\n                                    Versus\n\n           1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna, through\n              its Secretary, Patna, Baily Road, Patna\n           2. The Chairman of the Bihar State Electricity\n              Board, Patna Bailey Road, Patna\n           3. Sri Vishwnath Prasad, Secretary, Bihar State\n              Electricity Board, Patna Bailey Road, Patna\n           4. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity\n              Board, Patna Bailey Road, Patna\n           5. The F.C.I. Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna\n              Bailey Road, Patna\n           6. Bimla Devi, so-called W\/O late Ram Krishna Ram,\n              resident of village Ashram Road, Sariya, P.O.\n              Sariya, P.s.Sariya, District Giridih.--Respondents\n                                     -----\n<\/pre>\n
           For the petitioner       : Mr.   Santosh Kumar Sinha-2
\n                                      Mr.   Vidya Nand Kumar
\n           For the Board            : Mr.   Vinay Kirti Singh with
\n                                      Mr.   Vijay Kumar Verma
\n           For respondent no.6      : Mr.   Dipak Kumar<\/p>\n
                              P R E S E N T<\/p>\n
                      THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN<\/p>\n
Jyoti Saran,J.        Heard learned counsel for the parties.<\/p>\n
                      The petitioner seeks quashing of the order<\/p>\n
           contained in memo no.1206 dated 9.11.2005 placed at<\/p>\n
           Annexure-1 to the writ petition as also the order<\/p>\n
           bearing    memo   ono.1134   dated   27.10.2005   placed   at
\n                                 2<\/span><\/p>\n
Annexure-2 to the writ petition, whereby his claim<\/p>\n
for payment of family pension has been rejected.<\/p>\n
               Learned counsel for the petitioner, with<\/p>\n
reference        to      the     statements       made        in    the    writ<\/p>\n
petition as also in the other affidavits filed in<\/p>\n
the proceedings, submits that the petitioner was the<\/p>\n
first wife of the deceased employee late Ram Krishna<\/p>\n
Ram who retired as an Assistant Electrical Engineer<\/p>\n
on 31.10.1999 and expired on 11.7.2004. As Late Ram<\/p>\n
Krishna        Ram    expired       on   11.7.2004,      the       respondent<\/p>\n
no.6 being his wife and duly named in the pension<\/p>\n
payment        order       to       receive     the     family       pension,<\/p>\n
submitted her application for the said payment which<\/p>\n
also   has      been      enclosed       with    Annexure-1.         Pursuant<\/p>\n
thereto, the family pension was being paid to her<\/p>\n
and she continued to draw the same.                                Until such<\/p>\n
time, no dispute came to be raised and it is only<\/p>\n
thereafter that the petitioner chose to question the<\/p>\n
authority        of      the    respondent       no.6    to    receive      the<\/p>\n
family pension claiming to be the legally wedded<\/p>\n
wife      of     the       deceased        employee       and       in     this<\/p>\n
connection,          a   legal       notice     was   forwarded       on    her<\/p>\n
behalf to the respondent authorities of the Board<\/p>\n
questioning the action of the Board in according the<\/p>\n
family pension to the respondent no.6. The legal<\/p>\n
notice and the prayer made thereunder was disposed<\/p>\n
of   by   the        respondents         upon   consideration         of    the
\n                                  3<\/span><\/p>\n
family    genealogy,             pension         form     and       application<\/p>\n
submitted by the respondent no.6 for family pension<\/p>\n
and   whereupon        it     was         decided      that    the       grant      of<\/p>\n
family    pension           to       the    respondent         no.6       was       in<\/p>\n
accordance with the Rules.\n<\/p>\n
           A    communication               to    the    said       effect          was<\/p>\n
issued    to    the        petitioner’s          counsel       on    27.10.2005<\/p>\n
(Annexure-2).              The petitioner was also separately<\/p>\n
communicated          of    the       decision         vide     letter         dated<\/p>\n
9.11.2005 (Annexure-1). Aggrieved by the said order,<\/p>\n
the petitioner has filed the writ petition assailing<\/p>\n
the order(s) as contained in Annexure-1 and 2.<\/p>\n
           Learned            counsel            for     the         petitioner\n\nassailing       the    order          as    contained         in    Annexure-1,\n\n<\/pre>\n
submitted that the orders have been passed without<\/p>\n
making    due    enquiry             by    the   authorities.            He,    with<\/p>\n
reference to the family genealogy enclosed with the<\/p>\n
pension payment order, submitted that the daughters<\/p>\n
named in the said genealogy whose names appear at<\/p>\n
serial no.3 to 6, are the daughters born from the<\/p>\n
wedlock    between          the       petitioner        and        the   deceased<\/p>\n
employee. It is submitted that the fact that the<\/p>\n
date of birth of the eldest daughter is 14.1.1964 is<\/p>\n
by itself sufficient to prove that the marriage of<\/p>\n
this petitioner took place prior to 1964. Proceeding<\/p>\n
on this argument, learned counsel, relied upon a<\/p>\n
statement       made        by        the    respondent            no.6        in     a
\n                              4<\/span><\/p>\n
proceeding before the Tehsildar and submitted that<\/p>\n
the respondent no.6 herself has stated that she was<\/p>\n
married to the deceased employee in the year 1970.<\/p>\n
Learned counsel further with reference to the photo<\/p>\n
identity card issued by the Election Commission of<\/p>\n
India      enclosed    with      Annexure-4,      submits     that      the<\/p>\n
said identity card itself certifies the petitioner<\/p>\n
to    be    the    legally       wedded    wife   of    the   deceased<\/p>\n
employee. Upon being questioned as to the supporting<\/p>\n
documents         in   possession         of   the     petitioner       in<\/p>\n
relation to her marriage with the deceased employee,<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the petitioner could not produce<\/p>\n
any such document except the family genealogy.<\/p>\n
             The names mentioned in the family genealogy<\/p>\n
includes the deceased employee and the respondent<\/p>\n
no.6. The names present at serial no.3 to 6 are<\/p>\n
admittedly those of the daughters of the deceased<\/p>\n
employee. The petitioner claims that they were born<\/p>\n
from the wedlock between herself and the deceased<\/p>\n
employee. Whether or not they in fact were born from<\/p>\n
the wedlock between the petitioner and the deceased<\/p>\n
employee, is a rebuttable presumption.<\/p>\n
             Admittedly,         the      petitioner     is       not   in<\/p>\n
possession        of   any   such      document      except   a    family<\/p>\n
genealogy and the photo identity card to support her<\/p>\n
marriage with the deceased employee. In absence of<\/p>\n
any   substantive       piece      of     evidence     supporting       the
\n                               5<\/span><\/p>\n
submission of the petitioner, this Court would not<\/p>\n
delve into the issue. Even the statement made by<\/p>\n
respondent no.6 in a proceeding pending before a<\/p>\n
Tehsildar can not come to the aid of the petitioner.<\/p>\n
The respondent no.6 has nothing further to do in<\/p>\n
view    of   the    certification            given    by     the    deceased<\/p>\n
employee himself in her favour, of being his legally<\/p>\n
wedded wife. The petitioner has not been able to<\/p>\n
controvert     the      said       position,        either    by    help    of<\/p>\n
direct   or    indirect           evidence     which    are    manifestly<\/p>\n
absent in the present proceedings.\n<\/p>\n
              In the circumstances, I find no infirmity<\/p>\n
with the order passed by the respondent Board placed<\/p>\n
at   Annexures-1        and       2   and    accordingly,      this       writ<\/p>\n
petition is dismissed with no order as to costs.<\/p>\n
             The    dismissal           of     the     writ        petition,\n\nhowever,      would     not       preclude     the     petitioner         from\n\n<\/pre>\n
raising her grievance and seeking a declaration from<\/p>\n
a court of competent civil jurisdiction as regarding<\/p>\n
her marital status with the deceased employee and<\/p>\n
which    may       be   considered            and     disposed       of    in<\/p>\n
accordance with law own its own merits.<\/p>\n
                                       (Jyoti Saran,J.)<\/p>\n
Patna High court,
\nDated, 29th April,2010
\nNAFR\/ ahk\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patna High Court Sharda vs The Bihr State Electricity Boa on 29 April, 2010 Author: Jyoti Saran CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.15329 OF 2005 In the matter of an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Sharda, wife of Late Ram Krishna Ram, Senior Abhiyanta, Bidyut Electricity, resident of Village- Lodipur, Ward No.22, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-patna-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSharda vs The Bihr State Electricity Boa on 29 April, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sharda-vs-the-bihr-state-electricity-boa-on-29-april-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sharda vs The Bihr State Electricity Boa on 29 April, 2010 - 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