IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:-12.02.2026 Smt. Sarman Devi ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and anr.

...Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present: Mr. Sushil Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Deepak Vashisth, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Sudhir Nar, Senior Panel Counsel – UOI and Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Kanwar, Senior Panel Counsel for respondent No.1.

****

SUVIR SEHGAL, J.(ORAL)

1. This writ petition has been filed by 96 years widow of late Bhagwana Ram, claiming pension under the Swantantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 (for short “1980 Scheme”), Annexure P1.

2. Case of petitioner is that her husband joined the British army as a rifleman in Unit RAJ RIF on 14.05.1942 and was discharged on 16.11.1943 as he was invalided out of service. Petitioner’s husband expired on 25.10.2006 and in February, 2010 petitioner applied for grant of the pension annexing therewith the requisite documents. State Government sanctioned pension to the petitioner under the State Samman Pension Scheme by virtue of letter dated 08/09.12.2011, Annexure R1 and recommended the case of the petitioner for grant of pension under the 1980 scheme to the Centr