MANJIT KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 215 CWP-21124-2023 Date of decision : 22.05.2026 Manjit Kaur ….Petitioner V/S State of Punjab and others ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. R.K. Arora, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Prabhat K. Jalbera, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Satnampreet Singh Chauhan, D.A.G., Punjab. Mr. Brijesh Mittal, Advocate for respondent No.4 (through video conferencing). **** NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the memo dated 25.05.2022 (Annexure P-13), whereby the prayer of the petitioner for granting her full family pension in respect of services rendered by her deceased-husband has been denied and the petitioner has been held entitled for only 50% family pension and for quashing the letter dated 24.10.2006 (Annexure P-14), being relied by the respondents in the impugned memo to deny full family pension to the petitioner. Further, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the petitioner full (100%) family pension, with all arrears from th