46 YEARS AFTER HUBBY'S DEATH, 91 YEAR OLD WOMAN TO GET PENSION

 

It happened in Orissa.

46 years after hubby's death, 91 year old woman to get pension.

Quite an interesting yet heart wrenching news in The Times of India of 20thNovember2023.

It proves and reiterates bureaucracy in India has no eyes, no hearts and is devoid of basic human qualities

An assistant teacher died  on August26, 1977. His widow had filed several representations for grant of family pension before the state govt. authorities. The representations were rejected. Their stand was the woman was not eligible for family pension as it was introduced after the death of her husband.

The High Court judge hearing her plea granted her relief considering that though the teacher had died in 1977, in normal course he would have retired in 1983

 Now 46 years after her hubby's death, the 91  year old  woman  would get the family pension that was  due to her soon after the death of her husband through the intervention of the High Court of Orissa in 2023.