SHANTI DEVI W/O (LATE SHRI DHARME RAM (SINCE DECEASED), S/O SHRI NATHOLI RAM v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
CW/16218/2025 · 2025-10-17
Ashok Kumar Jain
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[2025:RJ-JP:42877] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 16218/2025 Shanti Devi W/o (Late Shri Dharme Ram (Since Deceased), S/o Shri Natholi Ram, Aged About 71 Years, Retired On 31.08.2012 Under Block Chief Medical Officer Hindaun City, District Karauli) R/o Village Peelwa, Post Devlen, Tehsil Todabheem, District Karauli. ----Petitioner Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary, Medical And Health Services, Rajasthan, Jaipur.
2. Director, Medical And Health Services, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
3. Director, Pension Department, Jyoti Nagar, Jaipur
4. Chief Medical And Health Officer, Karauli
5. Block Chief Medical Officer, Hindaun City District Karauli. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vijay Pathak For Respondent(s) :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN
Order 17/10/2025
1. Instant writ petition is preferred by the petitioner Shanti Devi with following prayer:-
“It is, therefore, prayed that this writ petition may kindly be accepted and allowed and by an appropriate writ, order or direction, the writ petition may kindly be decided in the light of the judgment rendered in the case of Dadam Das vaishnav (supra) and the respondents may kindly be directed to revise pension and pensionary benefits of husband of the petitioner, after counting his length of service from the date of his initial appointment and giving him the benefit of first, Second and third selection scale on completion of 9,18 and 27 years
[2025:RJ-JP:42877] (2 of 3) [CW-16218/2025] of service in the pays scale of Rs. 4000-6000 and 5000-8000, 5500-9000 and the arrears whereof be paid to petitioner with interest @ 12% p.a. with all consequential benefits. Any other appropriate order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the
facts of the present case, may also be passed in favour of the petitioners.”
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner while placing reliance upon
judgment dated 20.05.2013 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Principal Seat, Jodhpur in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.8309/2012 titled as Dadam Das Vaishnav Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors. and further relied upon by a Coordinate Bench of this Court while disposing of SB Civil Writ Petition No.19765/2022 titled as Brahmanand Sharma and Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors. (Order dated 20.09.2025) submits that the respondents be directed to consider case of present petitioner in light of ratio laid down in case of Dadam Das Vaishnav (supra).
3. Having considered submissions and also the material as referred hereinabove, it is appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to the respondents for ventilating her grievance in light of judgment as referred hereinabove.
4. Considered the grievance raised herein, the petitioner is given a liberty to submit a representation to the respondents- Authority within a period of 30 days raising all grounds and the respondents-Authority are directed to consider and decide the representation after enquiry about grievances, raised by the
[2025:RJ-JP:42877] (3 of 3) [CW-16218/2025] petitioner in light of ratio as decided in case of Dadam Das Vaishnav (supra) but with a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 30 days from date of receipt of representation. After passing the order, the respondents are under an obligation to communicate the order to the petitioner either by way of speed post or through E-mail, if petitioner has provided E-mail in her representation. If the petitioner is still aggrieved, she is at liberty to approach this Court with fresh petition.
5. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition with pending application, if any, stands disposed of.
(ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J MR/222