$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12256/2022 SUNITA DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sahil Chandra, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rahul Sharma, CGSC CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL)

% 26.03.2025

1. Naresh Kumar, the husband of the petitioner, suffered a heart attack while participating in the Field Physical Efficiency Test, [“FPET” hereinafter], which was required to be undertaken as part of his duties when deployed with the 151^st Battalion of the BSF, then posted on the Indo-Pak Border at Kutch, Gujarat.

2. The only controversy that has to be addressed is whether the petitioner, as the widow of Naresh Kumar, would be entitled to extra-

ordinary pension and to ex gratia.

3. We have heard Mr. Sahil Chandra, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rahul Sharma, learned CGSC for the respondent.

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4. At the very outset, we record our appreciation for the eminently fair approach that Mr. Sharma has adopted in the present case.

5. The entitlement to extra-ordinary pension is governed by the Central Civil