Hi
My father was a AP state government doctor. He left our family in the year 1983 ( however he used to visit us monthly to give Rs1000/- for house maintenance till the year 1993 to my mother who is his legal wedded wife) and started living with another woman in the same city ( don't know whether he married her).
We used to stay in a house which was on his name. In the year 2015 he sold the house and gave around 48% of the amount to my family.
After that there was no contact. However, from the local newspaper we came to know he expired Jan 2021.
We don't have his death certificate or anything. But since my parents have not taken divorce legally, I think my mother is eligible for pension after his death.
How to proceed?
Yes, she is. You may follow up the matter through the Pension Payment Authority as well the office from where he had retired.
