Patna High Court
Ms Chanchal KumariversusThe Union of India, through the Secretary,
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- AJIT KUMAR
Holding
Since part of the claim has already been satisfied and no further direction is required, the writ application is disposed of.
Summary
Ms. Chanchal Kumari, the widow of a deceased Sashastra Seema Bal employee, filed a writ petition seeking the quashing of letters that delayed her family pension, terminal dues, and accidental insurance benefits. She alleged that the State Bank of India branches unjustifiably refused to process her applications, citing nominee issues and her residential address. The petitioner claimed she had complied with all procedural requirements and requested payment of all entitlements into her SBI Pandaul account. The court noted that, pursuant to the judgment in Smt. Bolla Malathi v. B. Suguna (Civil Appeal No.14604 of 2025), half of the insurance amount had already been paid to her. Considering that part of the claim was satisfied and no further direction was necessary, the court found no basis to issue additional orders. Consequently, the writ application was disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondents' refusal to process the petitioner's claim for family pension, terminal dues, and accidental insurance amounts to an illegal denial of her statutory entitlements
- Whether the writ petition should be entertained to direct payment of the pending amounts
Subjects
- family pension
- terminal dues
- accidental insurance
- writ petition
- bank refusal
- Sashastra Seema Bal
- dependent entitlement
- compassionate appointment
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16356 of 2021
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Ms Chanchal Kumari W/o Late Ram Babu Yadav, Daughter of Sri Suresh
Yadav, Presently Residing at Village Soharai, P.S. Pandaul, District
Madhubani, Pin 847234.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The Union of India, through the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
Sashastra Seema Bal, New Delhi.
2. The Assistant Director (Welfare) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), New Delhi.
3. The Commandment, 3rd Battalion, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), lakhimpur
Khiri, District Lakhimpur Khiri, UP
4. General Manager, United India Insurance Company Ltd., Do-Xi, Maker
Bhawan No. 01, 1st Flor, Sir V.T. Marg, Mumbai 400020.
5. The General Manager, State Bank of India Zonal Office, Muzaffarpur.
6. Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Khjauli Branch, District Madhubani
7. Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Pandaul, District Madhubani.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amarendra Narayan
For the Respondent/s : Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh (Asg)
Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Pandey
Mr. R.K. Sharma
For the SBI : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
15 17-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned counsel for the respondents are present.
2. The instant writ application has been filed for the
following reliefs:-
(i) For quashing letter no.8140 dated
24.03.2021 & letter no.20116-17 dated
26.06.2021 where under family pension and
other claims/ entitlements payable to the
petitioner after death of her husband late
Ram Babu Yadav is being delayed
unreasonably on untenable grounds. The
petitioner has complied all requirement
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sought for but the respondents are illegally
forcing petitioner to send her application for
getting accidental insurance amount payable
by the United India Insurance though the
Branch Manager Khjauli Branch
(respondent no.5) on its letterhead, ignoring
the fact that said Bank is not concerned with
petitioner and petitioner has received part of
salary of her husband through SBI Pandaul
Branch Bank account no.37616743387;
IFSC Code: SBIN0014305 and she has
requested to pay all entitlement through this
account. The respondent no.6 (Branch
Manager, SBI Khajauli Branch) has verbally
refused to endorse her application and attest
her signature on untenable ground that the
mother of the deceased is nominee in the
said account of Khajauli Branch. Similar
frivolous objections are being raised with
the present residential address of the
petitioner, which at village Sohrai, post
Pandaul, district Madhubani. The petitioner
is acknowledged in the service records of the
department as dependent of the deceased
employee, and she is entitled to get all dues
as well as appointment on compassionate
ground.
(ii) For directing the respondents to pay
family pension, other terminal dues on the
death of late Ram Babu Yadav, amount of
accidental insurance and other entitlements
immediately through her above referred
Bank account at SBI Pandaul Branch. The
petitioner prays for payment of all these
amount along with interest and cost of
litigation.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that,
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vide order dated 10.04.2026, he was directed to obtain
instructions with regard to the status of payment stated to have
been made by United India Insurance Company. On
instructions, he submits that half of the amount in question has
been paid to the petitioner in light of the judgment rendered in
the case of Smt. Bolla Malathi vs. B. Suguna & Ors. in Civil
Appeal No.14604 of 2025.
4. In view of the submissions so made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, it appears that part of the claim of the
petitioner has already been satisfied, as the amount has been
paid in light of the judgment rendered in the case of Smt. Bolla
Malathi (supra).
5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances,
no further direction is required to be passed in the present writ
application.
6. Accordingly, the instant writ application stands
disposed of.
7. Pending I.A(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.
(Ajit Kumar, J)
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