IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15434 of 2006 Date of Decision: August 27, 2009 Charanjit Kaur & Another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India by Charanjit Kaur wife of Lakhvir Singh and Lakhvir Singh who are mother and father of Sukhminder Singh, who served the respondents as Forest Guard. Sukhminder Singh died on 7.12.2000 in harness. The petitioners claim Family Pension, they being entitled, as wife of Sukhminder Singh refused to accept the Pension being remarried. Learned counsel for the respondents has pointed out that under the Rules, Family Pension is required to be sanctioned in favour of the surviving spouse. Wife of Sukhminder Singh having refused to accept the Family Pension in view of her remarriage, it was CWP No.15434 of 2006 [2] considered appropriate to release the Pension in favour of the mother. The Accountant General, Punjab, advised that in such circumstances, the Family Pension has to be released in favour of father of the deceased. Vide Order dated 21.8.2009, the Family Pension case has been sanctioned in favour of Lakhvir Singh (petitioner No.2, father of Sukhminder Singh). Learned counsel for the respondents, on instructions from Kuldip Singh, Research Assistant, Office of District Forest Officer, Ludhiana, states that the benefit would be released in favour of petitioner No.2 i.e. father of the deceased, within three months of receipt of certified copy of the order. In view of the developments that have taken place, no cause of action survives. The petition is disposed of. It is made clear that costs, if not already paid, are required to be deposited within five days from today and receipt be placed on record. (AJAI LAMBA) August 27, 2009 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?