HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** ****

Priya ... Petitioner VS.

Union of India & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 29.01.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 30.03.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 30.03.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. KS Boparai, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Ghena Vaishnavi, Sr.Panel Counsel for the respondents ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

Prayer (1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay her pension being surviving widow of the deceased Army Officer Major Hari Singh, at enhanced rate at par with other widows along with arrears and interest from the date of her entitlement.

Facts.

(2). The petitioner-Priya is the widow of Late Major Hari Singh, who died on 17.11.1995. One Smt. Swaran Kaur was the first wife of Major Hari Singh who too died. Thereafter, he re-married with Mohinder Kaur in 1966 and out their wedlock, two children were born, however, Mohinder Kaur deserted him so