5. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties
and perused the impugned order as also the order passed by the
learned Tribunal in Smt. Premwati (supra) alongwith the order passed
by the Court in Smt. Premwati (supra), we are of the view that the
petitioner deserves to be granted interest on the ex-gratia
compensation amount which was admittedly paid to her after more
than almost 19 years from the date of her husband's death. As noted
hereinabove, though the petitioner's husband expired on 03.09.1998,
she has been released the ex-gratia compensation amount only on
13.04.2017 and that too after filing of the O.A. by her before the
learned Tribunal.
A Division Bench of this Court, in Smt.
Premwati v. Union of India,3 while dealing with family pension, has held
that denial of back wages on the "no work, no pay" principle does not, by
itself, defeat deemed continuity flowing from reinstatement, and does not
disentitle the employee from having the relevant period counted for the
limited purpose of qualifying service.
3. The applicant relied on order dated 17.04.2018 by Principal
Bench of this Tribunal at New Delhi in the case of Smt.
Bimla Devi Vs Union of India & Ors (O.A No.1103/2016)
wherein six months' period was held to be sufficient to
release the amount of Ex-Gratia, and other orders in O.A
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No.3785/2017 (Smt. Premwati Vs Union of India & Ors.)
dated 29.11.2018 and O.A No.3371/2017 (Manorma Devi
Vs Union of India) dated 04.04.2019.