IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

229 CWP-11085-2023 (O&M)

Date of Decision: February 11, 2026 Rani 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 Sonak, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Akshay Rawal, Advocate for respondent No.4.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the family pension of the petitioner which has been stopped w.e.f. October, 2017. Further it is prayed that all the arrears of Family Pension till date be paid to the petitioner along with interest @ 18% p.a.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, submits that the husband of the petitioner was employed as a Class-IV employee under respondent No. 4 and expired in harness on 03.09.2013. Consequent upon his demise, the petitioner was sanctioned and released family pension w.e.f. September 2013. However, the disbursement of the said family pension came to be discontinued abruptly w.e.f. November 2017, sa