IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6369 of 2008 Between: Smt. Pratapa Laxmi W/o. Late Pratapa Chandraiah R/o. Huzurabad Village and Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Karimnagar District at Karimnagar. 2 The Tahsildar, Huzurabad,Karimnagar District, A.P. 3 The District Treasury Officer, Karimnagar District at Karimnagar. .....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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus and declare the inaction of the respondents in not enquiring granting and paying the family pension to the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and against the Rules and principles of natural justice and direct the respondents to enquire grant and pay the family pension to the petitioner in the circumstances of the case in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SANGAM SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. It is the case of the petitioner that she is the legally wedded second wife of one late Pratapa Chandraiah, a freedom fighter who was paid the pension till his death on 30.5.1995. Thereafter, his lifetime arrears were paid to his wives. It is stated that since the first wife died, the petitioner, who is the second wife applied to respondents 1 and 2 for payment of the pension to her by enclosing all the relevant documents. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the 2nd respondent is duty bound to conduct an enquiry and send the report to the 1st respondent, who is the competent authority to accord sanction of family pension as per G.O.Ms.No.248 and 827, Revenue FF-1 Department dated 9.3.2004 and 25.7.2003, they are not discharging their duties and sanctioning the pension to her. Today, when the matter is taken up, the learned Government Pleader on instructions submits that the enquiry is going on with regard to the status of the petitioner and after completing the enquiry the authorities may come to a conclusion as to the entitlement of the petitioner for payment of pension. In the circumstances, both the counsel agreed to dispose of the writ petition with appropriate directions to the respondents. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 2nd respondent to complete the enquiry and submit a report to the 1st respondent to enable him to take a decision for sanctioning the pension to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.16.4.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Karimnagar District at Karimnagar. 2 The Tahsildar, Huzurabad,Karimnagar District, A.P. 3 The District Treasury Officer, Karimnagar District at Karimnagar. 4. 2CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}