1. - Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. The petitioner, a widow of one Asha Ram Sharma, aged 84 years, is before this Court claiming interest on the delayed payment of pension/family pension on account of her husband serving the medical & Health Department of the State Government after the first round of litigation went up to Apex Court where the petitioner succeeded in securing her right of pension and accordingly the arrears of pension of Rs. 2,69,942/- were paid to the petitioner on 20.12.2005, however, a sum of Rs. 20,000/- was deducted out of that sum for no valid reasons, which Rs. 20,000/- also came to be paid to the petitioner on 26.09.2006. These facts are not disputed by the respondents.

3. The husband of the petitioner was working as male nurse of 'palace dispensary', which was taken over by the Government of Rajasthan upon integration of 'Marwar State' and merged with the State of Rajasthan in the year 1949 after the independence. The petitioner's husband sought voluntary retirement from the Government service on 28.03.1952, however, he later on expired. The pension case of the petitioner for grant of pension to her husband/family pension to which she w