SMT SARASWATI DEVI vs STATE BANK OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 7th March, 2025 + W.P.(C) 2934/2025 & CM APPL. 13908-13909/2025 SMT SARASWATI DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. K. Gupta, Advocate. versus STATE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Standing Counsel for SBI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner seeks direction to respondents inter alia to pay her a sum of Rs.60 lacs with interest. 2. The husband of petitioner was a police official and was lastly posted on duty at PS Mandawar, District Bijnor, U.P., as Constable. While being on duty, he met with an accident in which he, eventually, lost his life. FIR for commission of offences under Section 279/304A/427 IPC was also registered. 3. It is stated to be a hit and run case. 4. The grievance of petitioner is that U.P. Police personnel have been provided with facility by State Bank of India (SBI) and as per such policy and consequent MOU, in case of any such accident, resulting into death, the police official is entitled to receive a sum of Rs.40 lacs from SBI. It is submitted that despite there being a representation to the abovesaid effect, the amount to which petitioner is, lawfully, entitled Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 2934/2025 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:10.03.2025 13:07:19 to, has not been paid. 5. Learned counsel for petitioner has drawn attention of this Court to representation dated 30.11.2024, addressed to Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Parliament Street, New Delhi as well as to the Branch Manager of State Bank of India, Mandawar Branch, Bijnor, U.P. 6. It is reiterated that there is no decision on the abovesaid representation, as yet. He also submits that a copy of the abovesaid representation