WRIT - A No. 1451 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 1451 of 2026 Union of India and 3 others .....Petitioner(s) Versus Smt. Omkali and another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition is directed against order dated 13.05.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad (‘the Tribunal’), whereby the Tribunal has directed grant of family pension to the respondent from the date of her entitlement along with arrears and interest at the rate of Rs. 8% per annum within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order. 2. The respondent had filed Original Application aggrieved of rejection of her claim for family pension by order dated 29.10.2013. 3. The husband of the respondent worked as Casual Labour and had married the respondent in the year 1980, though his first wife (respondent no. 2) was alive, purportedly with the consent of the first wife. During the lifetime of her husband, she along with her son was issued railway pass and in the nomination form, she was m