Mst. Anam Abbas (Petitioner) VS Govt of Sindh & Others (Respondent)

ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

C.P No.D-5029 of 2023 [Mst. Anam Abbas v. Province of Sindh & anothers]

DATE ORDER WITH SIGNATURE OF JUDGE(S).

Before;

Mr. Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed;

Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid Bhurgri.

For hearing of main case.

Date of hearing:- 16.09.2025

Mr. Syed Shoa-un-Nabi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.A Vaswani, Assistant Advocate General Sindh.

Abdul Hamid Bhurgri, J.- The case of the petitioner is that her mother, Mst. Yasmeen Ghulam Abbas, was serving as HST in Government Boys Secondary School, Jail Road, Karachi. She retired in 1995 on medical grounds and continued to receive pension until her demise on 17.06.2008. Subsequently, the Petitioner's father, Ghulam Abbas, also expired on 18.11.2015. The Petitioner claims that being the only unmarried daughter of the pensioner, she is entitled to receive family pension. It is her grievance that since 2017- 2018 she has been persistently approaching the authorities for transfer of pension in her name, but the official Respondents have failed to redress her grievance and kept her in hollow assurances. She further submits that arrears of pension from 2008 to October, 2015 were not paid to her, besides medical allowance and group insurance. The Petitioner also stated that she moved an application to the Accountant General's office, acknowledged by the Treasury Office on 25.05.2018, and later forwarded to the Accountant General Sindh. The Accounts Office required certain documents, which were duly provided by her, yet the pension has not been released.

2.Comments have been filed by the Accounts Officer (Pension) on behalf of Respondent No.3, wherein it has been stated that the Petitioner is required to provide the following documents so that her case for family pension may be finalized:

1.Online Performa with account number duly verified by the concerned Bank Manager.

2.Original pension book along with disburser's half from T.O/DAO/Bank through the Accountant General.

3.Certificate of unmarried status issued by the Union Council.

4.Personal/physical verification before the Verification Officer along with all original documents.

3.Learned Counsel for the Petitioner contends that his client will be satisfied if the official Respondents are directed to decide her case within 30 days once the above documents are submitted. Learned A.A.G. appearing for the Respondents, in all fairness, conceded to such proposal and submitted that upon submission of the requisite documents, the case of the Petitioner shall be decided within the stipulated time.

4.In view of the above consensus, the Petition is disposed of with directions to the official Respondents to decide the case of the Petitioner within 30 days after receipt of the aforementioned documents.

5.Copy of this order be transmitted to the learned Advocate General Sindh and the official Respondents for compliance.

JUDGE

JUDGE

Ayaz Gul