CWP No . 24091 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No . 24091 of 2011 Date of decision: 22.12.2011 Gorkhi Devi and another ......Petitioners Vs. State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA. Present: Mr. Devender Punia, Advocate for the petitioners. *** Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. (Oral). The petitioners are daughter and son of the deceased-Mam Chand, who was working as AFM in the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd., Fatehabad and he died on 19.01.2005 while in service. Both the petitioners are suffering from Moderate Mental Retardation and requisite certificates reflecting their disability has been placed on record as Annexure P-1 and Annexure P-2 respectively. The petitioners are claiming that they are entitled to family pension as per Clause 4-B of the Family Pension Scheme, 1964. The relevant portion thereof reads as under: “If the son or daughter of a Government employee is suffering from any disorder or disability of mind or is physically crippled or disabled so as to render him or her unable to earn a living even after attaining the age of 25 years the family pension shall be payable to such son or daughter for life.” The petitioners towards their claim were served a legal notice CWP No . 24091 of 2011 -2- dated October 07, 2011 upon respondent No.3. Without making any observation as regards the merit of the claim, directions are issued to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to take a final decision as regards the claim of the petitioners as raised in the legal notice within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. December 22, 2011 (TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA) harjeet JUDGE