IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.3121 of 2021 Date of Decision: 16.12.2025 _____________________________________________________________________

Smt. Kaushlya Devi ……...Petitioner Versus The Managing Director, Himachal Road Transport Corporation &

Ors.

…....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Sarthak Mehta, Advocate.

For the respondents: Mr. Vikas Rajput, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Petitioner herein is aggrieved by order dated 22.03.1997 (Anne xure P-4), whereby prayer made on her behalf for family pension came to be rejected on the ground that mother does not fall in the definition of “family”.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case, as emerge from the pleadings adduced on record by the respective parties are that Mr. Gopal Singh i.e. son of the petitioner was appointed as Conductor in Himachal Road Transport Corporation on 04.09.1989. Unfortunately, above named son of the petitioner died in harness on 25.11.1996 after his having completed more than eight years of regular service as Conductor in the respondents