Smt. Sivabakkiyam Periyasamy @ Priya Shiva v. Union of India & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court W.P.(C) 7109/2025 (order dated 11.08.2025, Mini Pushkarna, J.): widow's petition seeking time-bound decision on representation dated 30.04.2025 for family pension and retirement benefits of late Northern Railway employee (died 26.11.2024; PPO No. 201070302913). Petition disposed of with directions: decision within two months, personal hearing via counsel's email, liberty to file further documents, speaking order to be communicated, liberty to seek remedies preserved. Keywords: family pension, Northern Railway, widow legal heir, second marriage, terminal benefits, speaking order, personal hearing, representation disposal.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the respondents to (i) decide the petitioner's representation dated 30th April, 2025 expeditiously, preferably within two months; (ii) grant the petitioner/her authorized representative a personal hearing communicated through her counsel's email; (iii) indicate and permit submission of any further documents; (iv) pass a speaking order and communicate it through counsel; and (v) leave the petitioner free to seek remedies in accordance with law if aggrieved.