HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.7123 OF 2004 Between: Kotavenka Arjun ……Petitioner And The Deputy Secretary to Government of India, Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (FF Division), Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi and two others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioner : Shri D.Govardhana Chary Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Shri A.Rajasekhar Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 and 3 : Government Pleader for Revenue Dated: 31-10-2006 In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing communication dated 26-06-2003 vide which the Government of India rejected his prayer for sanction of pension under Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 (for short, ‘the 1980 Scheme’). During the course of arguments, Shri D.Govardhana Chary, learned counsel for the petitioner invited my attention to letter dated 04-04-2006 sent to him by Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India conveying the decision of the Government of India to recognise additional 18 camps for the purpose of the 1980 Scheme and communication dated 31-08-2006 sent by District Collector, Nalgonda to the Secretary to Government, Revenue (FF-II) Department, recommending the petitioner’s case for grant of pension under the 1980 Scheme and submitted that his client may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to pursue his case with the Government of India for reconsideration of his case for grant of pension in view of these developments. The request of the learned counsel is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the main petition as withdrawn, WPMP No.9275 of 2004 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ 31-10-2006 ks