JUDGMENT

1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the order dated 05.07.2014, whereby the petitioner has been denied benefits of ex-gratia financial relief on account of death of petitioner's husband.

2. The facts pleaded in the writ petition in nutshell are that the husband of the petitioner was working in the respondent-Bank after his appointment on 04.04.1983 as "Daftari" and he died on 28.12.2013.

3. The petitioner has pleaded that the respondents had issued a circular dated 12.11.2007, introducing a scheme for payment of exgratia amount in lieu of appointment on compassionate ground or appointment of dependents of deceased employees on compassionate grounds in exceptional cases.

4. The petitioner has pleaded that she had submitted an application dated 09.04.2014 for payment of ex-gratia amount in lieu of appointment on compassionate grounds, however, by the impugned communication dated 05.04.2014, it was informed to the petitioner that her claim was rejected, as the ex-gratia amount was not to be given to her, as the family of the deceased was having sufficient sources of income because estimated monthly income was more than 60% of the salary (last dra