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2008 Supreme(SC) 2109

S.B.SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH
Panchi Devi – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Ms. Nilofar Qureshi, Ms. Kiran Kapoor, Mr. Vipin Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Shankar Divate, Advocate.
For the Respondent:Mr. Milind Kumar, Mr. Mukul Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Advocate.

ORDER :

Leave granted.

2. Appellant's husband, who was working as work charge employee in the Public Works Department in the year 1958 and confirmed on the said post vide order dated 22.8.1972 with effect from 31.3.1970, died in the year 1978. Appellant after 14 years of her husband's death claimed family pension of her husband under Rule 22A of the Rajasthan Public Works Department (B&R) including Garden, Irrigation, Water Works and Ayurvedic Department Work Charge Employees Service Rules, 1964 (for short 'the Rules) which came into force with effect from 17.09.1980. Since, no order was passed on her representation, she filed a writ petition bearing No. 6890 of 1992 before the High Court of Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur. A learned Single Judge of the High Court dismissed the said writ petition. Appellant thereafter filed a Special Appeal bearing No. 295 of 1997 before the Division Bench of the High Court. By reason of the impugned order dated 15.12.1998, the said Special Appeal has been dismissed, inter alia, on the premise that the appellant had approached the High Court after 14 years of her husband's death and since all the dues admissible to the appellant's husband were duly s

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