CUTTACK: The Orissa high court has issued an order for the immediate payment of family pension to one Kantaro Kondagari, a transgender person.
Her father, Balaji Kondagari, was a government employee in the rural development department at Rayagada. After Balaji's death, the family pension was sanctioned and disbursed to his wife, Binjama. On July 17, 2020, Binjama died of age-related ailments. Thereafter, Kantaro, who is unmarried, applied for the family pension.
