Southern Railway on 30.10.2017. According to the petitioner, her husband died on 17.12.2018 due to ailment and on his death, the petitioner is legally entitled to receive pension. It is stated by the petitioner that when her husband was alive, there was a matrimonial discord, which resulted in filing a suit in O.S. No. 128 of 2018 on the file of the learned III Additional Family Court, Chennai. It is further stated that the suit was disposed of by recording a Joint compromise filed by the petitioner and her husband on 20.07.2018. According to the petitioner, though a decree of divorce was granted by the Family Court, even thereafter, she lived with her husband and re-married him on 14.10.2018 and the said marriage was also registered on the file of the Sub-Registrar, Sembium on 14.12.2018. While so, after the death of her husband, the second respondent herein made a rival claim as if she is the legally wedded wife of late. Mohamed Jafer having married him on 30.09.2001. In this context, the petitioner, seeking to grant pension to her, has submitted a representation dated 16.12.2019 to the first respondent and it was rejected by an order dated 10.09.2020. Assailing the said order dated 10.09.2020, the petitioner has filed the Original Application before the Tribunal, which was dismissed by the order dated 05.02.2021, which is impugned in this writ petition.
