Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioner has approached this Court for payment of death-cum-retiral benefits including family pension, gratuity, leave encashment and PF amount after the death of her husband in harness on 20.1.2009.

3. Certain other in-service benefits like, ACP, difference of salary, etc. have been claimed by the petitioner for which learned counsel for the petitioner is granted liberty to take recourse to appropriate proceedings including another writ petition.

4. The husband of the petitioner joined on muster roll on the post of Khalasi on 1.5.1980. On 26.1.1988 his services were taken over in the work charged establishment on the post of Khalasi. On 1.6.2002 he was reverted back on muster roll, whereupon the petitioner along with others approached this Court and on the basis of the direction of this Court the cases of the petitioner and others were examined by a three-member Committee in terms of the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka Vs. Uma Devi (3) and others: (2006) 4 SCC 1. On the basis of the recommendation of the three-member committee the services of the husb