The Delhi High Court has asked the Railways to reconsider its decision rejecting pension to the widow of a railway casual worker.

The worker was recruited as a casual labour and then given Temporary Status. He could not be regularised due to lack of vacancy. In the meantime he died while in service. His widow’s application for pension was rejected by the Railways. The Tribunal to which she petitioned asked the Railways to re-consider the case.But instead of granting pension, Railways went to High Court on appeal.

The Delhi High Court citing a judgement in the Supreme Court in a similar case in 1995, rejected the appeal and asked the Railways to consider the widow’s appeal in the light of that judgement.