Family Pension Denied Over Non-Provincialisation Of Service Before Death; Fresh Plea To Governor Suggested: Gauhati High Court

In a recent judgment from the Gauhati High Court, the court deliberated on the issue of granting family pension to the widow of a deceased teacher under the Assam Elementary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1974. The petition was filed by Smt. Sandhyarani Das, the widow of Late Sachindra Kr. Das, who served as the Head Pandit at Bibekananda L.P. School in Bokajan, Karbi Anglong. Her husband passed away on 12.07.1992, and…