These
a e
ot
matte s
whe e
the
family
o
the
widow
should
be
expected
to
go
to
the
cou t
to
obtai
elief,
Sup eme
Cou t
said
NEW
DELHI:
Official
apathy
sometimes
does ’t
spa e
eve
the
families
of
those
who
lay
dow
thei
lives
fo
the
cou t y.
A
case
i
poi t
is
the
decades-lo g
st uggle
of
the
widow
of
‘Shau ya
Chak a’
awa dee
Moha
Si gh,
who
had
to
wait
fo
26
yea s
to
get
he
ightful
Special
Family
Pe sio
—
that
too
o ly
afte
the
Sup eme
Cou t’s
i te ve tio .Si gh,
a
ove see
with
Ge e al
Rese ves
E gi ee i g
Fo ce,
was
i
cha ge
of
co st uctio
of
a
key
bo de
oad.
O
July
10,
2000,
whe
a
boulde
f om
a
hilltop
olled
dow
with
deb is,
he
helped
move
wo ke s
f om
the
site
but
could
ot
get
out
of
its
way
himself
a d
was
killed.
The
Ce t e
posthumously
co fe ed
o
him
i
2001
the
‘Shau ya
Chak a’
—
the
thi d-highest
peacetime
galla t y
awa d.Howeve ,
his
widow
eceived
elief
u de
Wo kme ’s
Compe satio
Act
a d
ot
the
Special
Family
Pe sio
u de
the
CCS
(Ext ao di a y
Pe sio )
Rules,
to
which
she
was
e titled.
It
was
ejected
o
the
g ou d
that
si ce
payme t
u de
Wo kme ’s
Compe satio
Act
had
bee
made,
o
libe alised
pe sio a y
awa d
was
due
to
the
deceased’s
ki ,
as
pe
CCS
(Pe sio )
ules.She
moved
Pu jab
a d
Ha ya a
HC,
which
held
she
was
e titled
to
ext ao di a y
pe sio
but
est icted
payme t
of
a ea s
f om
date
of
the
fili g
of
petitio ,
de yi g
elief
f om
the
date
of
death
of
he
husba d.
Whe
the
matte
eached
the
SC,
a
be ch
of
Justices
K
V
Viswa atha
a d
A u
Palli
said
the
Ce t e
had
e ed
a d
should
have
catego ised
he
case
u de
the
co ect
catego y
‘C’
of
CCS
Pe sio
Rules
a d
exte ded
the
be efit
soo
afte
Si gh’s
demise.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
“These
a e
ot
matte s
whe e
the
family
o
the
widow
should
be
expected
to
go
to
the
cou t
to
obtai
elief,”
SC
said.AG
R
Ve kata ama i
said
Rs
14.28
lakh
had
bee
paid
to
the
widow
a d
pe sio
will
be
p ocessed
as
pe
HC
o de .
A ea s,
calculated
at
Rs
4.12
lakh,
had
also
bee
eleased.
SC
said
a
co solidated
amou t
of
Rs
10
lakh
be
paid
to
he
fo
the
pe iod
betwee
Si gh’s
death
a d
HC
o de .
