IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.1911 of 2008 Date of decision: August 11, 2008 Urmila Devi -----Petitioner Vs. Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG Present: Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate for the respondents. Adarsh Kumar Goel,J. This petition challenges denial of family pension to the petitioner on the ground that service of the employee was less than one year after his appointment. Reliance is placed on a judgment of this Court in Sharmila Devi v. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others, CWP No.6837 of 2001, decided on 25.7.2002, Annexure P.11, taking the view that completion of one year of continuous service was not required as per the policy of family pension applicable to the establishment of the respondents. CWP No.1911 of 2008 Learned counsel for the respondents is unable to distinguish the applicability of judgment Anenxure P.11 to the case of the petitioner. Accordingly, this petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to finalise the claim of the petitioner for family pension within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge August 11, 2008 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) ‘gs’ Judge 2