1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.2046 OF 1999. Haribhau Yashwantrao Dhondge ...Petitioner. Versus The Collector and others ... Respondents. ... Mr.G.M.Jadhav, advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Alok Sharma, Asstt.Solicitor General of India, for Unoin of India. Mrs.R.K.Ladda, Asstt.Govt. Pleader for the State. ... CORAM : B.R.GAVAI AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 02.08.2010. ORAL ORDER (Per B.R.Gavai,J.) 1. By the present petition, the petitioner claims pension under the Central Government Scheme. According to the petitioner, the petitioner has suffered imprisonment for four (4) 2 months and as such he is entitled for Freedom Fighter's Pension. It is submitted that when the petitioner is getting pension under the State Government, there is no reason why he should be denied the pension under the Central Government Scheme. The Apex Court in "Union of India Vs. Avtar Singh" (2006) 6 Supreme Court Cases 493, has held that unless petitioner satisfies the conditions stipulated under the Scheme, he can not be granted benefit of the pension. 2. In the scheme framed by the Central Government, the minimum imprisonment that a person required to suffer is six months sentence, whereas the petitioner has been sentenced to suffer imprisonment for four (4) months. In that view of the matter no merit is found. The petition is dismissed. Rule discharged. There shall be no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (B.R.GAVAI,J.) asp/office/wp204699 3