Sasikala.K v. The Chief Internal Audit officer
MADRAS HIGH COURT (Vivek Kumar Singh, J.) – W.P.No.18908 of 2022, decided 6/1/2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, W.P.No.18908 of 2022 (Vivek Kumar Singh, J., 6/1/2025): writ of mandamus under Article 226 by widow K. Sasikala seeking direction to the Chief Internal Audit Officer, Tamil Nadu General and Distribution Corporation Limited to forthwith issue family pension after the COVID death (8/5/2021) of her husband Late S.Karuppasamy, a retired Assistant Electrical Engineer/Carrier Communication Lab who had been receiving pension; respondent's letter dated 14/6/2022 stated the petitioner's and two children's names were not nominated for family pension; representations dated 23/9/2021 and 18/5/2022; with consent of both sides, Court directed consideration of the representations on merits and in accordance with law and appropriate orders within four weeks, without expressing opinion on merits; petition disposed of, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the first respondent to consider the petitioner's representations dated 23/9/2021 and 18/5/2022 on merits and in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders within four weeks; writ petition disposed of with no costs.