IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
VIKAS BUDHWAR
Shushila Shukla – Appellant
Versus
State Of U.P. Through Principal Secy. – Respondent
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| 1. establishing the factual and procedural history of the extraordinary pension claim. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. parties argument on the eligibility of a 'follower' under the 1961 extraordinary pension rules. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. statutory interpretation and assessment of the employee's status as a 'follower' under existing service rules. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. application of rule 3 criteria to determine that a road accident does not qualify for extraordinary pension. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
JUDGMENT :
VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard Sri Amar Nath Dubey, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Badrish Kumar Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.
2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the husband of the original writ petitioner, who happens to be the wife of Sri Heera Lal Shukla was working in State Civil Police since 14.10.1972 as a Follower. On 02.10.1999, being the fateful day, the petitioner's husband was required from his residence to prepare a meal for the additional force who were camping in connection with election duty. The writ petitioner left his house at 11:30 p.m. and when the petitioner's husband was going to attend the duty on his bicycle, he w
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