KHURSHIDA AHMED Vs. KOLKATA PORT TRUST

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner in this WP under art.226 dated July 6, 2012 is questioning a decision of the Financial Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer, Kolkata Port Trust dated August 22, 2011 (WP p.62).

(2.) CLAIMING to be the daughter of one Ali Ahmed, who was working in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Kolkata Port Trust as a Helper Electrician and who retired on April 1, 1996, was given pension and died on April 28, 2005, the petitioner claimed family pension. By a decision dated August 12, 2008 the claim was rejected on the grounds that the petitioner could not establish that she was the daughter of the employee concerned.

(3.) THE Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, as is evident from the decision, examined all available materials and concluded that the petitioner was not the daughter of the employee concerned of the Port Trust.