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West Pakistan Railways Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance (V of 1969)-------S.4 (a) (1)---Federal Government Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Rules, 1972---Notification No. 16/1/2005-E-I, dated 21-7-2010---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 184 (3)---Suo motu jurisdiction of Supreme Court---Benevolent Fund---Petitioner was widow of railway employee and her grievance was that Federal Government had revised the rate of Benevolent fund but Railway had not increased the same---Validity---Ministry of Railways and its attached departments and subordinate officers had adopted the rates of disbursement of benevolent fund grants applicable in Federal Government Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Rules, 1972, with effect from 1-12-2003---Any increase in the rate of benevolent grants in future by Federal Government would also be adopted in Railway Department---In pursuance of notification No.16/1/2005-E-I, dated 21-7-2010, families of retired Railway employees for the purpose of payment of benevolent fund and group insurance had been brought at par with retrospective effect and apparently discrimination pointed out by petitioner in her suo motu case stood removed---Petitioner along with other widows would also receive benevolent fund at the same rate which was being paid to the employees of Federal Government---Suo motu petition was disposed of. Nemo for Applicant. Abdul Hafeez Amjad, Advocate Supreme Court, Mehmood A. Sheikh, Advocate-on-Record and Sami-ul-Haq Khilji, Secretary Railways on Court's Notice. ORDER IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY, C.J.--- This suo motu petition was taken up on the request of Bushra Bibi widow of late Syed Yousaf Shah, Commercial Supervisor (Booking) Pakistan Railways; Multan. Grievance highlighted in the petition was in respect of payment of revised rates of monthly benevolent grant after 20% increase effective from 1st December, 2003. It was her case that after the death of her husband she being a widow was getting benevolent fund at the rate of Rs.900 per month as per Pakistan Railways Servants Fund Ordinance, 1969 whereas Government of Pakistan is granting Rs.1080 per month as benevolent fund to the widows in other…

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