IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 31734 of 1997 Between: 1 Mandapati Ranga Reddy, S/o. Narsareddy, 2 S.Koteswar Rao, S/o. Venkat Ramaiah, 3 Nandyala Venkat Reddy, S/o. Narsa Reddy, 4 Smt. Heemi Reddy Ramulamma, W/o. Somi Reddy, 5 Smt.Eemami Mahalaxmi , W/o. Subba Reddy ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Deputy Secretary , Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, 1st Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Chairman, Freedom Fighters, Screening Committee, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi. 3 The Pay and Accounts Officer,(Pension & Misc.) Ministry of Home Affairs,10/2 Juo Nagar House, New Delhi. 4 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Freedom Fighters Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents herein to consider the Petitioners application submitted to the Deputy Secretary to Govt., of India F.F.Division, Home Affairs, New Delhi, and for sanction of F.F.Pension on par with similarly situated persons under Swatantra Sainik Sanman Pension with all consequential arrears with effect from the date on which they have submitted their applications. Counsel for the Petitioners : SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for Respondents : Mr.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel appearing for petitioners submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for petitioners, this writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 19.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Deputy Secretary , Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, 1st Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Chairman, Freedom Fighters, Screening Committee, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi. 3 The Pay and Accounts Officer, (Pension & Misc.) Ministry of Home Affairs,10/2 Juo Nagar House, New Delhi. 4 The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue Freedom Fighters Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 Two CD copies.