THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31745 of 1997 Dated 24-04-2007 Between: B. Ramana Reddy & others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, 1st Floor, Loknayak Bhavan, New Delhi & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31745 of 1997 O R D E R: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioners’ applications for sanction of Freedom Fighters Pension conferred under ‘Swatantra Sainik Sanman Pension Scheme’ with effect from the date of their application. This Court, by order in W.P.M.P.No.37214 of 1997 dated 12- 12-1997, passed interim orders directing the Central Government to place the applications received, along with its recommendations, before the Screening Committee and the Screening Committee to take a decision in accordance with the norms fixed. In view of the interim orders passed by this Court, in directing the petitioners cases to be considered for sanction of Freedom Fighters Pension, no further relief can be granted in the writ petition and the interim orders of this Court dated 12-12-1997 are made final orders in the writ petition. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ 24-04-2007 usd