RANI SINGH vs GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 18 February 2025 Pronounced on: 1 July 2025 W.P.(C) 12604/2022 RANI SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R.V. Sinha, Mr. A.S. Singh, Mr. Amit Sinha, Ms. Nidhi Singh and Ms. Shriya Sharma, Advs. versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. ....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghav Bhatia, Adv. with Mr. Syed Hussain Taqvi and Ms. Aradhya Chaturvedi, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 01.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. The lis 1. The petitioner Rani Singh, moved the Central Administrative Tribunal1 by way of OA 516/2021, seeking family pension in terms of 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter 2. The dispute is only, therefore, whether the petitioner is entitled to family pension in terms of DOPPW OM dated 29 August 1986. Relevant Instructions 3. DOPPW OM dated 29 August 1986, as also DOPPW OM dated 18 February 1993, to the extent relevant, are reproduced thus: DOPPW OM dated 29 August 1986 “(9) Payment of retirement gratuity and family pension to the family, in case an official whereabouts are not known.- 1. A number of cases are referred to this Department for grant of family pension to eligib