SHARDA DEVI & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 4860/2023 SHARDA DEVI & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Mr. Kishan Gautam, Ms. Anuradha Pandey, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Keshav Sehgal, GP and Mr. Jatin Singh, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 21.08.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. Petitioner 1 and Petitioner 2 in this writ petition are the widow and the son of one Ex. Subedar Mahendra Singh Sharma1, who was dismissed from services of the Border Security Force and subsequently expired. The petitioners, by means of the present writ petition, sought disbursal, to them, of the retiral benefits of Mahendra. 2. During the pendency of this writ petition, Petitioner 1 has also expired and only Petitioner 2 i.e. the son of Mahendra survives to contest this matter. 3. We have heard Mr. Himanshu Gautam, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Keshav Sehgal, learned Government Pleader for the 1 “Mahendra”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 4860/2023 4. Following a court martial, Mahendra, by order passed in February 1991, was punished with dismissal from s