IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13745 of 2010 Date of decision: 20.04.2011 Rani Devi ...Petitioner Versus Haryana Vidyut Parsaran Nigam Ltd. and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Parveen Gupta, Advocate for the respondents. RANJIT SINGH J. The issue whether the family pension can be discontinued on remarriage of the widow within the same family has already been settled vide Annexure P-4, the judgment passed by this Court. It is held that upon remarriage of a widow within the same family and to the younger brother of the deceased husband, she would be entitled to continue payment of the family pension. This proposition of law as enunciated in judgment, Annexure P-4 has not been put to any challenge. It is also not brought to my notice if this judgment has been challenged in any manner by filing LPA or any such proceedings. Accordingly, the issue raised in the present writ petition is covered by judgment, Annexure P-4. Counsel for the respondents at this stage points out that family pension was discontinued in the year 1986 and the petitioner has now approached this Court after lapse of so many years. He is justified in pointing out that there has been inordinate delay on the part of the petitioner in making the present approach. Civil Writ Petition No. 13745 of 2010 -2- To balance the equities, the family pension be now continued and the amount of family pension payable be paid to the petitioner for the period of 38 months from the date of filing of the petition. The petitioner would not be entitled to payment of family pension for more than the period as noted above. The present writ petition otherwise is allowed in terms of Annexure P-4. April 20, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE