JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the order of the 4th respondent made in OA.No.594 of 2014 dated 11.02.2015, to quash the same and to consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to sanction pension and other retirement benefits to the petitioner''s husband and consequential family pension to the petitioner.)

D. Krishnakumar, J.

1. The petitioner, challenging the impugned order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai dated 11.02.2015 made in O.A.No.594 of 2014, in and by which her claim for family pension came to be rejected, has filed the instant writ petition.

2. The writ petitioner is the wife of the deceased Mr.K.Veeraragavan, who was engaged as Casual Labourer in the respondent Railways from 11.10.1976 and he continued to work in the said capacity till he died in harness on 15.01.1986. Subsequent to his demise, the wife of the petitioner had approached the railway authorities seeking for family pension in respect of the service rendered by her deceased husband for more than 10 years in the Railway Department, however, the re