ORDER

(Pronounced by Hon'ble Mr. M. Swaminathan, Judicial Member)

This OA has been filed by the applicant seeking the following relief:

“To call for the records of the 5^th respondents pertaining to his order made in No.DOT/CCA/TN/PEN/IDA/602006101220919, dated 18.04.2024, and set aside the same, consequently direct the respondents to grant family pension to the applicant from the date of death of her husband C. Raju from 23.06.2023 with arrears of the same and to pass such further order as this Hon’ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper.”

2. Brief facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant:

The Applicant is the 2^nd wife of (late) C. Raju. Mr. C. Raju was working as CSS, Central Telegraph Office, Erode and retired on superannuation on 31.10.2006. He was granted Pension. The applicant’s name was shown in the pension payment order and other relevant records as his wife and claimant of family pension. Mr. C. Raju died on 22.06.2023. The applicant’s husband C. Raju while working at Tirupur got married to Smt. N. Savithri on 08.11.1970 and for more than 15 years no child was born to them. Thereafter, Mr. C. Raju came to Erode on transfer but his wife Savithri refused to come with him as s