Ex-Gracia amount has been revised???

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 25 October 2010 This query is : Resolved
My father expired in the month of Sep2009, the time he expired he was serving with a Punjab Govt. Dept., that time I came to know from some resources that the amount of Ex-Gracia has been increased from Rs50000/- to Rs 3 Lac.. but till date i have been paid with Rs 50000/- only as Ex-Gracia and i was told by the authorities of that Dept. that rest of amount i.e Rs 2.5 Lacs will be paid when the "Order to pay Rs 3 lac as Ex-Gracia to all deceased(as applicable) will be passed by the govt.
1. Kindly guide me whether the concerned authorities of Dept. are right or wrong.
2. Kindly guide if i have not been paid intentionally by the dept. and no such order is yet to be passed by the govt.
3. Is other dept. are paying the revised EX-GRACIA amount.

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adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (Expert) 25 October 2010
Department is right. It needs govt., order to pay the ex-gracia increased amount to the deceased family.

s.subramanian (Expert) 25 October 2010
There is no chance for such a long delay. You approach the concerned department in person and verify.

Kirti Kar Tripathi (Expert) 31 October 2010
since, you have already approached the concerned authority and the authority has not taken any action till date. you can approach to H.C seeking mandamus.

R.Ramachandran (Expert) 31 October 2010
You say that "I came to know from some resources that the amount of Ex-Gracia has been increased from Rs50000/- to Rs 3 Lac."
Ask the said source any government document according to which the ex-gratia has been increased. Otherwise, why don't you file an application under RTI asking "Whether the government has increased the Ex-Gracia amount from Rs50000/- to Rs 3 Lac., and if YES, to provide a copy of the Government order in this regard."