THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.4715 of 2009 Dated 19th July, 2011 Between: Thirunagari Govardhanaswamy and others …Petitioners And Union of India, rep.by its Secretary, Home Department, Loknayak Bhavan, New Delhi and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri G.Subhash For Smt.A.Anasuya Counsel for respondent No.1: Ms.A.V.Vijaya Kumari For Sri Ponnam Ashok Goud Counsel for respondent No.2: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in considering the petitioners’ applications for sanction of freedom fighter’s pension under the Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 as illegal and unconstitutional. The petitioners sought for a direction to respondent No.2 to re-verify their applications and recommend for sanction of pension and to direct respondent No.1 to take immediate and appropriate action on their applications. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioner Nos.2 and 9 have died and that their LRs were not brought on record. In view of the same, the writ petition qua these petitioners is dismissed as abated. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue placed before the Court a copy of letter No.14530/FF-III/2009, dated 16.07.2011, addressed by the Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue (FF-III) Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad to the Joint Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (FF- Division), Loknayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi, wherein he has submitted re-verification report with respect to 22 persons. With the forwarding of re-verification reports in respect of the petitioners, the second part of the prayer in the writ petition stands satisfied. As regards the directions sought against respondent No.1, in view of sending of re-verification reports by respondent No.2, respondent No.1 is directed to consider the same, take a decision on the sanction of pension to the petitioners under the Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.6194 of 2009 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th July, 2011 VGB