Armed Forces Tribunal
Smt Majidan wo late Nk Unnas Khan (Army) vs UOI & Others on 4 February 2026
ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, REGIONAL BENCH, JAIPUR
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OA 188/2022
Smt Majidan, wd/o Late Nk Unnas Khan, Resident of Village and Post Tapukda, Tehsil Tijara, District Alwar, Rajasthan – 301 707
…. Applicant
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1.
UOI, through the Secretry, Ministry of Defence, Room No 234, South Block, New Delhi
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The Defence Accounts Controller (Pension Distribution), Belvedere Complex, Ayudh Path, Meerut Cantt, Uttar Pradesh – 250 001
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The Defence Pension Disbursing Officer, A-82, Urmila Marg, Hanuman Nagar, Jaipur - 302 021, Rajasthan
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The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, Draupadi Ghat, Near Sardar Bazar, Prayagraj, UP
…. Respondents
For Applicant
: Ms. Anjali Minocha, Advocate
For Respondents : Mr. Pradeep Mathur, Advocate
Major Vishi Singh, OIC Legal Cell, HQ 61 Sub Area
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVERDHAN BARDHAR, MEMBER (J)
HON’BLE MR. SANJIV MITTAL, MEMBER (A)
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O R D E R
04.02.2026
1. Under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007, the applicant has filed this OA praying for directing the Respondents to release interest on the delayed payment made to the applicant. She had also prayed for directing the Respondents to verify the details and accordingly to make actual payment as per the entitlement to the applicant of her Family Pension, in the interest of justice.
2. During the course of hearing, counsel for the applicant submits that family pension as admissible to her has not been paid to her correctly, nor interest for the delayed payment has been paid to her till date.
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3. vide Reply Statement, the Respondents have admitted that the family pension of the applicant was revised by the Record Office and the arrears amounting to Rs 8,71,436/- for the period from January 2006 to January 2017 were paid to the applicant. Thereafter, the applicant has been granted correct Liberalised Family Pension @Rs 33,565/- pm.
4. We have heard the counsels for the parties and perused the material on record.
5. In view of the foregoing, we deem it appropriate to direct the Respondents to undertake an exercise with regard to delay involved in granting relief to the applicant and take necessary steps to pay interest as admissible to the applicant in terms of guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India in this regard within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this Order. A copy of the Order would be submitted to the Competent Authority by the counsel for the applicant as well.
6. With the above directions, the OA is disposed off. No order on costs.
7. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed off.
(SANJIV MITTAL)
(GOVERDHAN BARDHAR) MEMBER (A)
MEMBER (J)
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