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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TELANGANA
SUREPALLI NANDA
Ahmedi Anjum – Appellant
Versus
State of Telanagana – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background facts of the petitioner and deceased employee (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments regarding entitlement to family pension (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. judicial interpretations of pension entitlement (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. conclusion and order to reconsider pension application (Para 15 , 16) |
ORDER :
Surepalli Nanda, J.
Heard Sri Muhammad Veqar Hussain, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Services (Home), appearing on behalf of respondents.
2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:
“…to issue a writ in nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of Respondent No.2 in rejecting the Petitioners’ Pension Application dt. 24-08-2021 through Memo dt. 17-03-2022 vide No. E1/1101/Pension/ CYB/ 2020-2022 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of TS Revise Pension Rules and also in violation of the Judgments of the Apex Court of India and also in violation of Article 21 of Indian Constitution and pass such other order or orders may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Consequently, to set- aside the Memo dt. 17-03-2022 vide No. E1/ 1101/ Pension/CYB/2020-2022 issu
Pension is a protected right under Article 300-A of the Constitution; denial of family pension to a legally wedded second wife without due process violates principles of natural justice.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that under Rule 49(7)(a)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, family pension can only be shared between widows if the marriage is valid. Invalid mar....
A putative second wife, whose marriage to the deceased is void under the Hindu Marriage Act, is not entitled to family pension under the Pension Rules.
A second wife cannot claim family pension benefits unless she can prove her legal marriage to the deceased employee, as the definition of 'widow' under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, requires legal r....
On death of legally wedded wife, who is not survived by any child eligible to receive pension, share of family pension to her stream would not lapse, but would be payable to eligible children from ot....
A second wife may be entitled to family pension under amended rules despite existing complications if the first marriage is legally dissolved.
The court affirmed that a widow, despite her marriage being void due to the subsistence of the husband's first marriage, is entitled to compassionate appointment and benefits as the deceased's nomine....
The court upheld that service records indicating a spouse's legitimacy govern entitlement to benefits, dismissing challenges based on prior relationships without clear evidence.
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