IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:15.09.2025 Balvir Kaur …Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab and others …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. K.S Sidhu, Advocate with Ms. Kirandeep Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to issue a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing of the impugned orders dated 09.07.2025 and 13.05.2025 (Annexures P-10 and P-11) respectively, whereby, the claim of the petitioner for grant of 100% family pension, being the second wife of deceased Gurmukh Singh, since deceased has been rejected illegally. It is further prayer in the petition that the petitioner is entitled to 100% family pension as per rules 6.17 of Punjab Civil Service Rules Volume-II and the law laid down by this Court in various judgments (Annexures P-6 to P-8 and P-12). A further prayer has been made to pay interest on the delayed payment of family pension in favour of the petitioner.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that Gurmukh Singh, husband of the petitioner was working as L