CAT - ['Kolkata']
Social Security and PensionsAdministrative and Public Law

Family pension arrears are not inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.

PRASANTA GHOSH vs METRO RAILWAY

CAT - ['Kolkata']JUDGMENT: September 28, 20261 MIN READSOURCE JUDGMENT
Family pension arrears are not inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.. PRASANTA GHOSH vs METRO RAILWAY. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens
THE ORIGINAL LAWLENS SUMMARY
01

Facts

The applicant’s father, a retired Metro Railway employee, died in 2011.

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His wife received family pension until her death on 4 November 2013.

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Their unmarried daughter, Shyama Ghosh, applied for family pension

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O.A. No. 350/0364/2022

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02

Issues

Whether family pension arrears are inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.

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Law Applied

Family pension arrears are not inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.

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Reasoning

Family pension arrears are not inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.

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Holding

Family pension arrears are not inheritable by collateral heirs absent an entitlement finalized during the claimant’s lifetime.
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Acts & Sections Cited

2 provisions across 1 statute referred to in this judgment. Each provision opens on LawLens.

Administrative Tribunals Act, 19852

CAT - ['Kolkata']

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PRASANTA GHOSHvsMETRO RAILWAY

CAT - ['Kolkata'] · September 28, 2026

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