ORDER :

WHAT FALLS FOR CONSIDERATION IS, THE TENABILITY OF A POLICY IN THE FORM OF A GUIDELINE, THAT THWARTS GENDER EQUALITY.

2. Succinctly stated, the facts germane for consideration of the lis are as follows:

The petitioner is the second daughter of one Subedar Ramesh Khandappa Police Patil. Khandappa Police Patil joins the services of the Indian Army on 25.06.1979 and was inducted into the Madras Engineering Group. In the year 2001, the father of the petitioner was deployed in an operation named Parakram at Gaziwala, Punjab, while performing his assigned task of mine clearance and handling with the Madras Engineering Group, one H.P.O. – 2 Mine gets exploded. The father of the petitioner sustained grave injuries due to the blast and later succumbed to the injuries, by then he had put in 22 years of service. Later, the father of the petitioner was categorized as a servicemen “killed in action” and was therefore, considered as “WARD OF BATTLE CASUALTY”. Father of the petitioner was survived by the mother of the petitioner, the first daughter and petitioner, the second. At the time