HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.28062 OF 1998 Between: Flight Lieutenant J. Sanjeev Rao (Retd.), … Petitioner AND Union of India, Rep., by its Secretary, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi – 11 and three others … Respondents :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : None Counsel for the respondents : Shri S.S. Varma June 20, 2007 In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “it is prayed that this Hon’ble court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not recommending and granting disability pension to me as arbitrary, unjust and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to grant disability pension to me by duly holding that Rule 39 of the Pension Regulations for the Air Force, 1961, Part-I is illegal and unjust and opposed to the law”. Since no one has appeared for the petitioner, it is reasonable to presume that he is not interested in prosecuting his cause. With the above observation, the writ petition is dismissed in default. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ June 20, 2007 ks