CUT: Odisha High Court orders Kendrapada district collector to pay payments to families pension To a 91-year-old widow whose husband, a school teacher, died 46 years ago.
A single judge bench of Justice Viraja Prasanna Satapathy on Wednesday issued directions in the case of Hala Sahoo, wife of Venudar Sahoo, who died on August 26, 1977, and was an assistant teacher at Ratnakar Secondary School in Kasauthi. did.
Since 1991, the widow has filed several applications for a family pension with the mass education authorities of schools and districts, but to no avail.
Hara was transferred to the HC on October 19 after the Kendrapada collector refused to represent him for family pension, alimony and other service allowances on August 21.
State authorities took the position that women were not eligible for family pensions because they were introduced after the death of their husbands. However, Justice Satapathy granted the relief considering that although Mr. Venudar passed away in 1977, he would normally have retired in 1983. He directed the collector to release the pension amount within two months “from the date of receipt of this order”.
“Ms. Hala Devi is currently 91 years old and lives in Palei Delakundi in Kendrapada with her only son, a 60-year-old former fisheries department employee, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren,” her advocate said. .
Since 1991, the widow has filed several applications for a family pension with the mass education authorities of schools and school districts, but to no avail.
A single judge bench of Justice Viraja Prasanna Satapathy on Wednesday issued directions in the case of Hala Sahoo, wife of Venudar Sahoo, who died on August 26, 1977, and was an assistant teacher at Ratnakar Secondary School in Kasauthi. did.
Since 1991, the widow has filed several applications for a family pension with the mass education authorities of schools and districts, but to no avail.
Hara was transferred to the HC on October 19 after the Kendrapada collector refused to represent him for family pension, alimony and other service allowances on August 21.
State authorities took the position that women were not eligible for family pensions because they were introduced after the death of their husbands. However, Justice Satapathy granted the relief considering that although Mr. Venudar passed away in 1977, he would normally have retired in 1983. He directed the collector to release the pension amount within two months “from the date of receipt of this order”.
“Ms. Hala Devi is currently 91 years old and lives in Palei Delakundi in Kendrapada with her only son, a 60-year-old former fisheries department employee, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren,” her advocate said. .
Since 1991, the widow has filed several applications for a family pension with the mass education authorities of schools and school districts, but to no avail.
