NEELAM TRIPATHI vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: August 06, 2025 % Pronounced on: September 12, 2025 W.P.(C) 7133/2019 NEELAM TRIPATHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajit Kakkar, Adv. Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Prakash, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Astu Khandelwal Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT SAURABH BANERJEE, J. Preface: 1. By way of the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent nos.1 to 4 to release the family pension, along with various other amounts/ entitlements arising out of the service of her husband/ Late Inspector Ashish Tripathi1 in the Border Security Force2 in her favour, along with quashing of the letter dated 13.05.2019 issued by the BSF detailing various such amounts/ entitlements, and to whom the same are payable. 1 Hereinafter referred as ‘Inspector Tripathi’ 2 Hereinafter referred as ‘BSF’ W.P.(C) 7133/2019 2. Concisely put, Inspector Tripathi was enrolled in the BSF as a Sub- Inspector on 12.01.2004. At the time of his appointment into service, he nominated his