Khajani Devi v. Shri Rajiv Mehrishi & ANR

COCP No. 3001 of 2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH COCP No. 3001 of 2016 Date of decision : 09.05.2017 Khajani Devi ....Petitioner V/s Rajiv Mehrishi & anr.

....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA

Present:

Mr. Sushil Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vivek Singla, Advocate for respondent no. 1. Mr. Rohit Arya, Asst. A.G. Haryana.

RAJAN GUPTA J.

Petitioner filed writ petition seeking benefit of Swatantarta Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. Her petition was dismissed by writ court. She preferred LPA No. 1721 of 2015 against the said order. Her plea was accepted by the Bench. Operative part of the order reads as under:- "With the aforesaid observations, we accept the appeal and direct that the benefit of Swatantarta Sainik Samman Pension Scheme shall be admissible to the divorced daughter as well. Consequently, letter (Annexure P5) and Show Cause notice (Annexure P7), by which the pension was stalled, stand quashed."

Reply by way of affidavit of Depinder Singh Dhesi, Chief Secretary to Govt. of Haryana, Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh has been filed. According to same, payment has already been released to the petitioner.

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COCP No. 3001 of 2016 Mr. Singla, learned counsel appearing for UOI submits that order passed by court shall be complied with at the earliest in any case not later than six weeks.

Under the circumstances, no further direction is necessary. Petition is hereby disposed of.

Petitioner shall, however, be at liberty to seek revival of the petition in case any cause of action survives. May 09, 2017 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No Ajay Kumar 2017.05.09 15:53 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document