Supreme Court of India
Santosh Devi v. Union of India. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above case, though has been referred to me CGOA to issue instructions to PCDA (Allahabad) to entertain ordinary family pension to NoK of pers dying during disembodied state.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Family Pension - Entitlement - To the next of kin of deceased territorial army personnel - Who died in disembodied state and who had not put in pensionable service - Held: When the territorial army personnel are in disembodied state, their service conditions are governed by Territorial Army Act, 1948 and not by Army Act, 1950 - As per the existing rules no family pension is payable to the legal heir of a territorial army personnel, who died during disembodied state and who had not put in pensionable service - Howeve1; such rule has led to a patent anomaly - The authorities concerned, despite
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