JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records made in Ka.No.004325/162/ Ni.Pi.2/Vu.2/Ko.Oiyvu/2013-1 dated 11.12.2013 passed by the respondent and consequently direct the respondent to enter the name of Mrs.K.Dhanalakshmi as nominee in the pension book of the petitioner for the for the purpose of getting family pension.)

1. The order of rejection dated 11.12.2013, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner to include the name of his second wife as nominee in Service Records for grant of family pension is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The writ petitioner was an employee of TANGEDCO and retired from service on 30.06.2006. Admittedly, the petitioner married one Smt.Vasantha in the year 1965 and she has two sons and one daughter, out of the wedlock. The said Smt.Vasantha/petitioner's first wife deserted the petitioner in the year 1982. Thereafter, the writ petitioner has married one Smt.Dhanalakshmi as his second wife on 07.10.1985. The second wife has three sons out of their wedlock. The petitioner states that his first wife has not taken any steps for reun