IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3854 of 1999 Between: Medapati Rami Reddy s/o Tataiah, @Sambhireddy Aged about 77 years, R/oPittala Vemavaram village, Peravali Mandal, W.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Govt. of India, rep.by its Under Secretary, Ministry Home Affairs, Freedom fighters Division, Lok Nayak bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT 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 appropriate writ or order or direction particularly one in the name of writ of Mandamus and consequently direct the respondent to grant the Swatantra Sainik Sanman Pension to the petitioner from the date of application i.e. on 31-12-1991 or from 23-05-1992on which date the application of the petitioner was forwarded by the Collector, West Godavari District to the Government. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOTABHASKARA RAO(Not present) Counsel for the Respondent: Mr.A.Rajsekhara Reddy,S.C. for Central Government. The Court Made the Following : Oral Order: None appeared nor any representation was made on behalf of the petitioners on 18-06-2004. Therefore, the matter was directed to be posted for dismissal next week. Accordingly, the matter is listed in today’s list under the caption “for dismissal”. Today also learned counsel for the petitioners is absent. It seems that he is not interested in prosecuting the matter. In view of the same, writ petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. No costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY,J. 25-06-2004 Murthy ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.The Under Secretary, Ministry Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi. 2.2CD copies 3. One spare copy.