JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the Letter No.Pen34/4/13402892/ADK/562/182137, dated 24.03.2014 on the file of the first respondent, quash the same as illegal and further direct the second respondent to sanction the family pension as per the recommendation of the third respondent Letter No.374/A1/2014 dated 14.02.2014.)

1. The order of rejection dated 24.03.2014, rejecting the claim of the petitioner for grant of family pension on the ground that the marriage between Shri. V.N. Sivasankaran and Smt. Kamala (2nd wife) took place on 07.11.1973 before the death of Smt. Indirani, who is the 1st wife (on 02.01.2000), is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The petitioner states that her husband V.N. Sivasankaran was working as Secondary Grade Teacher and he retired from service on 31.05.1989 on attaining the age of superannuation. Thereafter, he was receiving family pension, till his date of death i.e. 02.07.2013. The petitioner states that she is the second wife of late V.N. Sivasankaran and the marriage between them was solemnized on