JUDGMENT :

S.M. SUBRAMANIAM, J.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records from the second respondent, Deputy Secretary to Government, Housing and Town Urban Development Department, in connection with Letter No. 13227/OP1-2/2014-2, dated 07.08.2014, rejecting the claim of the petitioner and quash the same and direct the second respondent to pay arrears of family pension from the date of death of the deceased pensioner i.e. from 06.01.2000 to 25.07.2005.

1. The writ on hand has been instituted, questioning the validity of the rejection of the claim of the writ petitioner for grant of family pension with effect from the date of the death of the pensioner.

2. The petitioner is the guardian representing her husband, who is mentally disabled Mr. R. Gopinathan. The petitioner is the legally wedded wife of Mr. R. Gopinathan, the son of Late Mr.T.V.Ramchandran. The petitioner states that her husband is mentally disabled person and he was declared as mentally ill by the learned Principal Judge of City Civil Court, Chennai. Accordingly, the petitioner was appointed as guardian of her husban