IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19020 of 2007 Between: Sri N. Mohan Rao , D.no. 1205017, Sikharamvari Street, Behind Durga Devi Hospital, Bapatla, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Sub Treasury Officer, Bapatla, Guntur District. 2 The District Treasury Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 The Director, Treasury and Accounts, Hyderabad. 4 The Superintendent of Police, Adilabad District at Adilabad. 5 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 Sri P. Hanumantha Rao, Sub-Treasury Officer, Bapatla, Guntur District. .....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 an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the Respondents herein in and connected to (i) transfer of family pension of Petitioner's mother, namely, Smt. Nanduri Subbalakshmi, aged 93 years, W/o. late Seethapathi Rao, P.P.O. No. 18F002791 from Sub-Treasury Officer, Bapatla to Sub-Treasury, Manchiryal, Adilabad District on account of shifting of her residence; (ii) payment of arrears of pension to the Petitioner's mother for more than 20 months without transferring her pension proposals more enumerated in the Petition (copy enclosed); and this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass appropriate orders directing the concerned authorities to (i) transfer the Petitioner's mother's pension from Sub-Treasury, Bapatla to Sub- Treasury, Manchiryal; (ii) payment of arrears of pension; (iii) necessary action against the said P. Hanumantha Rao, Sub-Treasury Officer, Bapatla for making the Petitioner's aged mother to suffer with mental agony, and grant compensation payable by the said officer and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : PETITION Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19020 of 2007 ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Anil R.Dave, CJ) Letter written by one Sri N.Mohan Rao, has been treated as a public interest litigation. The grievance, which was ventilated in the letter was with regard to non-payment of pension to his mother N.Subbalakshmi, who had expired in 2005. Mr.D.Pandu Ranga Reddy, Learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning, appearing for respondents 1, 2, 3 and 5, has submitted that during the pendency of this petition, entire pension and all retirement benefits payable to Smt.N.Subbalakshmi, had been paid to her son Sri N.Mohan Rao. The learned Government Pleader has also assured this Court that due care shall be taken in future to see that all pensioners are paid pension and other retirement benefits as soon as possible. In view of the aforestated statement made by the learned Government Pleader, in our opinion, no grievance of Sri N.Mohan Rao survives, and, therefore, the petition is disposed of. _________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 11th July 2008 ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J ajr To 1 The Sub Treasury Officer, Bapatla, Guntur District. 2 The District Treasury Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 The Director, Treasury and Accounts, Hyderabad. 4 The Superintendent of Police, Adilabad District at Adilabad. 5 The Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad.