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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Veena Kothavale, Member (J), Sisir Kumar Ratho, Member (A)
G. Sampath Rani – Appellant
Versus
General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. applicant's family pension claim rejected due to post-death divorce. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 2. parties argue validity of muthalika and dependency evidence. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21) |
| 3. railway rules require divorce proceedings during parent's lifetime. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16) |
| 4. applicant not dependent; had independent income and marital status. (Para 15 , 19) |
| 5. family pension rules cover divorced daughters if eligible at death. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 6. customary divorce invalid without court decree under hindu marriage act. (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32) |
| 7. oa dismissed; no eligibility for family pension. (Para 33) |
ORDER
(Hon'ble Ms. Veena Kothavale, Member(J)
Applicant has filed this O.A. under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunal nd Act seeking to quash the order of the 2 respondent dated 02.09.2019 and to direct the respondents to grant family pension to the applicant on humanitarian grounds.
2. It is stated by the applicant that her father P. Gopal, while working as Gangman in Palghat Division, Southern Railway, died on 10.01.2013. The applicant's mother (Sali) had predeceased him on 30/07/2012. Applicant had married one A
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