11 years after Odisha teacher’s death, his widow to get pension benefits

Retired primary school teacher had first moved court in 1999, after failing to get his grievance redressed by the State government

The Orissa High Court has directed the State government to pay post-retirement benefits to the widow of a teacher 11 years after his death. Prafulla Chandra Mohanty, who retired as a primary school teacher in Odisha’s Cuttack district in 1986, had moved court against the non-consideration of higher scale to which he was entitled, before his superannuation. Before moving the Orissa High Court in 1999, he had sent a number of letters to the School and Mass Education Department for redressal of his grievance.