Wife of a retired military man is all set to get double pension, thanks to the Madras High Court, which held that receiving pension from the military was not a bar for her to receive pension from the Fire and Rescue services department.
Her husband, after retiring voluntarily from the Military service, worked in the Fire and Rescue services department for 17 years and died while in service due to snakebite.
Allowing a petition from K Gunasundari, Justice R Subbiah said the petitioner was eligible to get Dearness Allowance only for one pension (either for Military family pension or for family pension from Fire and Rescue services department) and directed the Fire and Rescue services department to sanction and release family pension with arrears to her within 8 weeks and continue to pay the family pension so long as she was eligible to get family pension.
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