SCA/16950/2023

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/16950/2023 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:35913-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16950 of 2023 ========================================================== BHARTIBEN VALLABHBHAI SOLANKI D/O LATE VALLABHBHAI SOLANKI AND VENIBEN SOLANKI Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MS VILAS A PURANI(9038) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MRS KRISHNA G RAWAL(1315) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 06/05/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The father of the petitioner served as Khalasi (Carriage & Wagon) with the Railways. The mother of the petitioner had predeceased her father, having passed away on 11.10.1989. 2. On attaining the age of superannuation, he retired from service on 31.05.1993. 3. The father of the petitioner, thereafter, passed away on 27.08.1997, and after he passed away in 1997, the petitioner made an application for grant of family pension on 28.08.2014. In this application, th