VAIRAMBARDHAND Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY way of this petition, the petitioner-original applicant has challenged the order dated 23.1.2004 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ahmedabad in OA.No.101 of 2002 with MA No.159 of 2002 and M.A.No.636 of 2002, by which the application of the applicant has been rejected.

(2.) THE brief facts of the case are that the applicant's husband Bardhan Jagnath had been working in Construction Division from November 1979 and was granted temporary status w.e.f. 1.1.1984. Before Bardhan Jagnath could be screened and empanelled for regularisation, he died on 28.1.1991. THE applicant is the widow of late Bardhan Jaganath. In 1993, the applicant filed OA No.374of 1993 for grant of family pension. THE Tribunal vide its order dated 27th July,1993 directed the respondents to decide the representation dated 27th April, 1993 which came to be rejected. THEreafter, the petitioner approached the Tribunal. After considering the case of both the sides, the Tribunal has observed in paragraphs 11 and 12 of the order as under: