IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.13563 of 2002 Between: B. Venkata Ram Reddy, S/o.Appi Reddy, aged 76 years, Occ: Freedom Fighter, R/o.Meenavalu, Yerrupalam Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Loknayak Bhavan, F.F.Wing, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction, writ, one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent in not allowing the Freedom Fighters pension arrears from the date of the application of the petitioner made to the Respondent in 1985 is illegal, bad, arbitrary and against the judgment of the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.153 of 1992 dated 14.5.1993 J.T. 1993(3) SC 342, and direct the Respondent to pay the Freedom Fighter pension arrears to the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.LAKSHMANA CHARY (Not Present) The Court made the following: ORDER: When this case came up on 23.6.2005 for ‘Final Hearing’, learned Counsel for the petitioner was absent and there was no representation. Therefore, the matter was directed to be listed under the caption “For Dismissal”. Today, the matter is appearing under the said caption. In spite of the same, none appears for the petitioner and there is no representation. The learned Counsel for the petitioner is absent though the matter is coming high up in the list and the list was circulated well in advance. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed for default/non-prosecution. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 27.06.2005 YS To 1. The Deputy Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Loknayak Bhavan, F.F.Wing, New Delhi. 2. Two C.D. copies.