(1.) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of learned Counsel for the Parties.
(2.) By this writ petition the petitioner Smt. Rukhminbai, widow of Asaram Daulatrao Kale who died on 5 April 2017, claims to have been entitled to be conferred with benefits of Pension which, according to her, should have lawfully accrued to her deceased husband Asaram, during his life time, under the "Swatantrya Sainik Sanman Pension Scheme, 1980" (the 'Scheme' for short).
(3.) The material averments in the petition may be summarized as under: