of the government servant is conceded as due to Government service in terms of Rule 3-A of the CCS (EOP) Rules, his widow and children would be awarded pensionary benefits in accordance with Schedule II. Rule 3-A(1)(b) further provides that death shall be accepted as due to government service provided it is certified that it was due to, or hastened by, a wound, injury or disease, which was attributable to government service. For attributability or aggravation to be conceded, Rule 3-A (2) requires there to be a causal connection between the death and the government service. The Guidelines for conceding attributability of disablement or death to government service provides in Clause 2 that in deciding the issue of entitlement, all the evidence, both direct and circumstantial, is required to be taken into account and benefit of reasonable doubt is to be given to the claimant. Clause 2 of CGO 03/2005, titled “Guidelines to decide the attributability or otherwise to service in cases of death / displacement due to injury” which admittedly governs the present case provides in the Explanation to Clause 2 (a)(ii) thus:
