IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8928 of 2009 Between: K.Rajagopala Rao S/o.Late Tirumala Rao R/o.Singotam village, Kollapur Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District ..... Petitioner AND 1. Union of India., rep.by its Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Lok Nayak Bhavan,Khan Market, New Delhi-110003 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary, Revenue , 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 may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ order or direction, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in passing impugned Order No.112/6087/97-FF(HC) dated 14.11.2008 as illegal arbitrary, and non-application of mind and set aside the same and further direct the 1st respondent to grant Freedom Fighters pension to the petitioner under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme 1980; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI C. RAGHU, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General for the respondent No.1, and of the Govt. Pleader for Revenue for the respondent No.2, the Court made the following: ORDER: At the request of the learned Standing counsel for the respondents the matter was adjourned three times, for counter. However, respondents have not filed counter, and again time is sought for filing counter. Post the writ petition finally on 1-09-2009. If no counter is filed by then, then the respondents shall appear before this court in person and explain the reasons for not filing counter. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Deputy Secretary, Union of India., Ministry of Home Affairs, Lok Nayak Bhavan,Khan Market, New Delhi-110003 (by RPAD) 2 The Principal Secretary, Revenue , Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad (BY SPL,. MESSENGER) 3. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High court of A.P.Hyd. (By SPL. MESSENGER) 4. One C.C.to Sri C. Raghu Advocate. (OPUC) 5. One C.C.to Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General, High court of A.P.Hyderabad. 6. one spare copy. HIGH COURT NVR.J DATED 13-08-2009 POST THE W.P. FINALLY ON 1-09-2009 ORDER W.P.NO. 8928 OF 2009 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 17-8-2009 HIGH COURT NVR.J DATED 13-08-2009 POST THE W.P. FINALLY ON 1-09-2009 ORDER W.P.NO. 8928 OF 2009 DIRECTION