HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.5696 OF 2005 Between: Racha Malla Reddy … Petitioner AND The Secretary to the Govt. of A.P., Revenue (FF) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad … Respondent :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Shri S. Sreenivas Reddy Counsel for the respondent : Government Pleader for Revenue March 21, 2007 In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “It is therefore just and necessary prays to the Hon’ble High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the action of the respondent as illegal and arbitrary and direct the respondent to pass orders granting pension and pay the same along with arrears and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”. At the hearing, learned Government Pleader for Revenue placed before the Court copy of Memo No. 38822/FF.II(1)/05, dated 13- 3-2007 vide which the State Government rejected the petitioner’s claim for grant of pension under the Andhra Pradesh Freedom Fighters Rules, 1978 and Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980. In view of the above development, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file fresh petition for quashing the decision contained in memo dated 13-3-2007 of which a copy has been made available by the learned Government Pleader to Shri S. Sreenivas Reddy. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP No. 7537 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. G.S.SINGHVI, C.J. March 21, 2007 ks