1. This Appeal under section 2(1) of Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khand Nyayapeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005, is directed against the order dated 22.1.2018 passed in Writ Petition No. 1428/2015(S) wherein, the grievance raised by the respondent was against non-grant of family pension.

2. Husband of the respondent late Pooran Chand Dehuri, a Head Constable, Border Security Force (hereinafter referred to as “BSF”) sustained multiple injuries due to IED blast by the militant during course of duty in Srinagar on 13.8.2000. He succumbed to those injuries on 30.3.2003 during course of treatment. After the death of her husband, as borne out from the the averments on record, the petitioner was taken away to her matrimonial home at Village Gotamara, District Angul, Orissa where she was detained by her father-in-law and other family members of her late husband who made her signatures on various documents, on the basis of whereof, the family pension and the terminal dues of her husband were settled in favour of her daughters. Later, the respondent escaped from the custody of her in-laws. Whereafter, on reaching Tekanpur, she filed a representation for grant of pension from the date