120 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 01.12.2025 Karminderjit Kaur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Surinder Garg, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Arora, DAG, Punjab.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to sanction/grant the family pension to the petitioner as her husband, namely, Ranjit Singh Sandhu, who was a pensioner, died on 29.07.2022.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the husband of the petitioner joined government service on 09.07.1959 and he was sent on deputation with PUNSUP from 02.07.1989 to 03.10.1983. Thereafter, he was permanently absorbed in PUNSUP and retired on 31.01.1996. After retirement, he started getting pension but unfortunately, he died on 29.07.2022. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted the documents with the Department for grant of family pension but the same has not been granted on the ground that the claim of the petitioner ca