1. The petitioner is the second wife of late Mr.A.S.Bharathi. Mr.A.S.Bharathi joined the Tamil Nadu Police Services as Grade – II Police Constable on 13.12.1973. Subsequently, he was promoted as Grade – I Police Constable on 02.04.1993. While he was in service, he met with an accident on 01.09.1994 and he succumbed to injuries.

2. It is stated that the first wife of Mr.A.S.Bharathi, pre-deceased him, in the year 1979. Thereafter, Mr.A.S.Bharathi married the petitioner viz., B.Rani, on 08.09.1981 at Annai Velankanni Church, Besant Nager, Chennai.

3. Mr.A.S.Bharathi left two children born through the first wife, three children born through the second wife, the petitioner herein and the petitioner as his legal heirs. Mr.A.S.Bharathi nominated the petitioner herein as his legal heir to receive all the benefits in the event of his death.

4. Based on the nomination and the legal heirship certificate produced by the petitioner, she was given various death benefits. The payment details of those benefits are,

(i) Rs.60,000/- towards family welfare fund,

(ii) Rs.3,884/- towardsspecial provident fund,

(iii) Rs.1,00,000/- towards benefit under the Group Insurance Scheme and (iv)