IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11566 of 2009 Date of Decision: 04.08.2009 Nirmal Singh and others Petitioners Versus Union of India and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.Balbir Singh Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioners ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) Notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Ms.Anjali Kukar, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Two copies of the writ petition have been supplied to her. Petitioners are son, daughter-in-law and grandsons of the deceased Smt.Jagdish Kaur widow of Late S.Pratap Singh. Record reveals that late S.Pratap Singh agitated his claim to get ‘freedom fighters’ pension, on account of his imprisonment from 18.7.1946 to 31.1.1947 during the British regime. He died in the meantime. His claim was pressed further by his widow, namely, Smt.Jagdish Kaur. Vide letter dated 4.2.2009(P2), issued by the Central Pensions Accounting Office, Govt. of India, pension was released in favour of Smt.Jagdish Kaur w.e.f. 2.1.1981. In the meantime, Smt.Jagdish Kaur also died on 7.2.2009. Civil Writ Petition No.11566 of 2009 Petitioners, being her legal heirs, have prayed that amount towards pension, which is lying with the bank, be released in their favour. As per record, claim raised by the petitioners appears to be justified. They being legal heirs of Smt.Jagdish Kaur, are entitled for release of amount, which had become due in favour of Late Smt.Jagdish Kaur, as per order passed on 4.2.2009 (P2). After hearing counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (Freedom Fighters Cell) Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi, to treat this writ petition as a representation and pass an appropriate order. It is expected that if there is no legal hitch for release of amount in favour of the petitioners, necessary order be passed within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Copy of the order be supplied dasti on payment of usual charges. 04.08.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2