SONIA GAUR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CWP No.14433 of 2026 I ieaee IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.124 CWP No.14433 of 2026 Date of Decision: 11.05.2026 Sonia Gaur .... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. P.S. Khurana, Advocate, for the petitioner. TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (ORAL) The petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant family pension to the petitioner, being divorced daughter of the deceased - Lakshman Prashad Gaur, who was working as Drawing Teacher in the respondent Department and died on 26.11.2018. The petitioner’s mother, who was receiving family pension after death of petitioner’s father, also passed away on 29.06.2024. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that at this stage, the petitioner will be satisfied in case she is permitted to make a fresh representation before the respondents raising the grievance as has been raised in this petition, and the same may be ordered to be decided within a specified period. All relevant documents establishing the petitioner’s dependency upon her deceased parents which entitle her to the claimed benefit will be a