IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 19TH MARCH 2010 / 28TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 9202 of 2010(A) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- M.O.SUHARA BEEBI, W/O.LATE A.M. KUNJAMMU SAL-BEE, AZHIVELIKKAKATHU VEEDU, EDAVANAKKAD P.O., EDAVANAKKAD VILLAGE, KOCHI TALUK, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.A.JALEEL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 2. TAHSILDAR (LA) NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO.1. OFFICE, KAKKANAD. 3. TREASURY OFFICER, SUB TREASURY, NAYARAMBALAM. 4. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. G.P. SHRI.ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 9202 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 19th day of March, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a retired Government servant receiving pension. Her husband was also a Government servant who retired from service who later died on 3.8.2006. After the death of the petitioner's husband, the petitioner was receiving family pension payable as the widow of the late Government servant, A.M.Kunjammu. Thereafter, the petitioner remarried on 21.1.2008 and family pension was stopped with effect from 1.2.2008. The petitioner now contends that the petitioner has subsequently divorced the second husband also and, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to family pension as the widow of late A.M.Kunjammu. In so far as the rules do not permit payment of family pension to a person who has remarried, the fact that the second marriage also ended in a divorce would not enable a Government servant to again seek family pension as the widow of the first husband. Therefore, there is no merit in the writ petition and accordingly the same is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2