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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Mr. Rajveer Singh Verma, J
Radha Devi – Appellant
Versus
The Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background and claim for family pension. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. procedural arguments regarding family pension application. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 9) |
| 3. discussion on delay and laches principles. (Para 12 , 14 , 20 , 27) |
| 4. final reasoning on denial of relief based on applicant's delay. (Para 28 , 30) |
| 5. conclusion and dismissal of the application. (Para 32) |
ORDER
The applicant herein is the wife of deceased worker Late Shri Ravi Shankar, who was appointed as casual worker on 25.05.1987 and assigned the temporary status w.e.f. 01.01.1994. After temporary status was assigned to him, the husband of the applicant gave his nomination for GPF in favour of his wife i.e. the applicant herein. Unfortunately, the applicant died while working under the respondents on 03.03.2003. After the death of her husband, the applicant herein approached the respondents for grant of family pension. With respect to her claim, she preferred various representations, the last being dated 31.03.2023. (Annexure-A/6). However, the respondents in an arbitrary manner, rejected the same vide impugned order dated 25.09.2023 (Annexure-A/1). Aggrieved, the applicant has filed the instant OA, seeking the following
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