JUDGMENT

(Prayer:Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the claims of the petitioner for granting regular family pension as per the rule 49 of the Pension Rules from the date of death of the petitioner''s husband w.e.f. 08.06.2005 and grant full family pension with all benefits.)

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the respondents to consider the claims of the petitioner for granting regular family pension as per the rule 49 of the Pension Rules from the date of death of the petitioner''s husband w.e.f. 08.06.2005 and grant full family pension with all benefits.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner’s husband namely V.Subramanian was initially selected and appointed as Village Assistant in the year 1981 on consolidated pay/salary and thereafter, he was brought into regular establishment on 01.06.1995. Subsequently, he was given time scale of pay in the post of Village Assistant from 01.06.1995 onwards. While serving in the said post, he died on 07.06.2005, leaving behind his wife/petitioner and children as legal heirs. This bein