1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Writ Petition No.574/2009 [Lt. Col. (Retired) Shrikant Yashwant Kane .vrs. The State of Maharashtra and another] ................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : A.P. LAVANDE & P.D. KODE, JJ. DATE : JULY 15, 2010. Heard Mr. Anand Parchure, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. B.H. Dangre, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents. By this petition filed by way of public interest litigation, the petitioner who is a retired Army Officer, has made a grievance that pension scheme which was applicable to ex-servicemen/widows of the uniform soldiers of the Indian Army who participated in the 2nd World War and who had retired from service till the year 1949 was being paid through the Zilla Sainik Welfare Board to ineligible candidates. He cited three instances from Chandrapur and 53 such others. 2 On behalf of the State Government, affidavit- in-reply has been filed dated 23.6.2010. Along with affidavit, Government Resolution dated 11.6.1993 by virtue of which 59 cases referred to in para 13 of the petition have been regularized. Insofar as cases from Chandrapur are concerned, it is the case of the respondents that the amount already paid to the widows, cannot be recovered from the widows since the widows do not have any tangible properties. The investigating officer also found that no offence has been made out against the persons responsible for such grant. Having considered the averments made in the petition and the reply filed on behalf of the respondents, we are of the considered opinion that no fruitful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter. Hence, the petition stands disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE Gulande