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Jasintha.a v. The Principal Accountant General (a and E)
Madras HCWP(MD)/21964/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court quashed an order denying family pension to a deserted daughter. Holding that excluding deserted women from the state pension scheme is arbitrary and discriminatory, the court interpreted G.O.Ms.No.325 liberally to extend benefits to this vulnerable category.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order quashed; file remanded to respondents to sanction family pension within twelve weeks.