Political pension arrears limited to pensioner's lifetime; heirs could not claim payment beyond the conceded scope.

Political pension could be enforced only to the extent of arrears due to the deceased pensioner during his lifetime, because the writ order rested on the parties' concessions. The State could not resile from its concession after the pensioner's death, so the entitlement to past dues remained enforceable. However, a direction to pay pension to the heirs in their own right beyond the pensioner's lifetime exceeded the writ-applicant's confined prayer, which had deleted the words "in perpetuity"; that part of the order was a patent error and ought to have been corrected.

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Issues: Whether the writ-applicant's claim to political pension could be enforced and, if so, whether the High Court could direct payment to the heirs of the deceased pensioner beyond the pensioner's lifetime.

Analysis: The order granting the writ was founded on the parties' concessions, and the State could not be permitted to resile from its concession after the pensioner's death. However, the direction that pension should be paid to the heirs in their own right extended beyond the reciprocal concession made by the writ-applicant, who had deleted the words "in perpetuity" from the prayer and thereby confined the claim to the pensioner's lifetime. That part of the order was a patent error and should have been corrected.

Conclusion: The claim was enforceable only to the extent of arrears due to the deceased pensioner during his lifetime, and not in favour of the heirs beyond that period.

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