IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2370 of 2023 ==========================================================

SUSHILABEN D/O LATE MAHIJIBHAI DAHYABHAI ROHIT Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR PARESH J BRAHMBHATT(9788) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 06/04/2026

ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA)

1. The father of the petitioner was an employee of the Postal Department, who had retired in the year 2001.

2. After the petitioner’s father retired, the petitioner got married in the year 2010. However, marital disputes arose and as a result she and her husband dissolved the marriage by way of a customary divorce on 09.03.2014.

3. About three years thereafter on 02.08.2017, the father of the petitioner passed away. The mother of the petitioner also passed away within about a month thereafter on

08.09.2017, even before she could lay a claim for family pension.

4. The petitioner, b