- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4582/2000 Uttam s/o Anant Patait, age 74 yrs., occu.agri., r/o Pimpaladevi Tq. & Dist.Beed. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra. 2] The Secretary of General Administration Department, Freedom Fighter Division, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 3] The Collector, Beed. Dist.Beed. ...Respondents... ..... Shri C.V. Thombre, Advocate for petitioner. Shri K.B. Choudhary, Additional G.P. for respondent nos.1 to 3. Shri B.B. Kulkarni, Advocate for District level Gaurav Samiti for Freedom Fighters. ..... - 2 - CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE: 05.08.2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Gavai, J.): 1] Heard counsel for the parties. 2] By way of present petition, the petitioner claims pension under the freedom fighters scheme framed by the State of Maharashtra. The case of the petitioner is based on a warrant issued by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ashti. 3] Justice A.B. Palkar committee, which was appointed in pursuance of the directions by the Apex Court, has found the warrant, on which the petitioner rests his claim, to be bogus one. The District level Gaurav committee has also not recommended the case of the petitioner. 4] In that view of the matter, no case is made out for interference. The petition is dismissed. Rule is discharged. No costs. (S.V. Gangapurwala, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) ndk/c58103