IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2008 / 2ND JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 15259 of 2008(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SHEELA MOHANAN, AGED 42 YEARS, D/O.LATE N.SARADA, RESIDING AT CHAITHRAM, T.C.55/65-6, KAIRALI NAGAR, KAIMANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 18. BY ADV. SRI.VAKKOM N.VIJAYAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, CENTRAL SECRETARIAT, NEW DELHI - 5. 2. UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, FREEDOM FIGHTER DIVISION, LOK NAYAK BHAVAN, KHAN MARKET, NEW DELHI - 5. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (F.FPA DEPARTMENT), GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 1. BY SRI. P. PARAMESWARAN NAIR, ASST. SOLICITOR GENERAL GOVT. PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W. P (C) No. 15259 of 2008 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 23rd May, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is stated to be the only daughter of a freedom fighter late Sri. V. Gopalan. Her mother had earlier filed an application for freedom fighters' pension under the State scheme. According to the petitioner, that application was duly processed and the committee empowered to do so had recommended grant of pension to the petitioner's mother. When the matter was being considered by the Government, petitioner's mother died on 17-12- 2007. The petitioner submits that she is entitled to get the pension amount due to her late mother. Seeking that relief, the petitioner has filed Ext. P7 representation before the 3rd respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P7 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader as well as the learned Assistant Solicitor General. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P7 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. I make it clear that I have not considered the claim of the petitioner or that of her later mother on merits. The petitioner shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 3rd respondent for compliance. S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/