Kangnu vs Union of India - 2020 Supreme(Manipur) 37

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2020 Supreme(Manipur) 37

M. V. MURALIDARAN
Kangnu – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr B. P. Sahu, Sr. Advocate, for the Appellant, Mr. S. Samarjeet, CGC, BR. Sharma, Advocate, for the Respondents

JUDGMENT

[1] The mother of the deceased M.Suanliankap, who was working as Sepoy in Assam Regiment, has come forward with this writ petition calling upon the respondents to include in her name as nominee in the Payment Pension Order dated 10.11.1998 and also seeks direction on the respondents 1 to 5 to pay the arrear pension amount already paid to respondent No.6.

[2] The case of the petitioner is that her son was serving as Sepoy in the Assam Regiment and he had joined a Scheme known as Extended Army Group Insurance for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- on payment of one time non-refundable premium of Rs.3,500/-. In the said Scheme, the petitioner was shown as nominee. According to the petitioner, her son was given retirement from service and was allowed to get a monthly pension under Pension Payment Order dated 10.11.1998 and in the column for nominee was kept blank. Her son died on 21.9.2012 due to illness. After the death of her son, the petitioner submitted an application to the Principal, Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension), Allahabad seeking family pension to her as a successor and heir of the deceased.

[3] While the application of the petitioner was under process, respondent No.6 sub

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