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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI, SANDEEP SHAH
Richa Varun D/o Late Shri Mahesh Dutt – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The present writ petition has been preferred assailing the order dated 21.02.2023 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jodhpur Bench, Jodhpur in Original Application No. 298/2018 (Richa Varun vs. Union of India & Anr.), whereby the learned Tribunal dismissed the original application and declined the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment.
2. The foundational facts are not in dispute. Late Shri Mahesh Dutt, an employee of the respondent-Railways holding the post of Stock Verifier in the Accounts Section (DRM Office), Bikaner, expired on 24.12.1997. It is also not disputed that his first wife, Smt. Sheela Devi, had been lawfully divorced on 21.07.1990.
3. Thereafter, the mother of the present petitioner, Smt. Shova Devi, became the legally wedded second wife of the deceased employee, and the petitioner is the sole daughter born out of the said wedlock. It has also been brought to the notice of this Court that Smt. Shova Devi expired on 19.02.2025.
4. Disputes arose between the families of the first wife and the second wife with regard to succession, culminating in a succession decree dated 04.10.2007 passed in Misc. Civil Case No. 60/1998 (Shova Dutt &
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