HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 19102 OF 2006 Friday, the Fourth Day of June, Two Thousand and Ten Between V.V. Venkat Rama Reddy Petitioner AND Union of India, Rep. By its Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Loknayak Bhavan, (Hyderabad FF Cell), New Delhi and another Respondents ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition has been filed by V.Venkata Rama Reddy assailing action of the first respondent in not taking any steps on the representation submitted by the petitioner for granting pension under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. Rule Nisi came to be issued on 15.09.2006. The petitioner claims to have participated in anti- Nizam Movement for the merger of Hyderabad into Indian Union. According to him, the Nizam Government arrested him and kept in police station for two days and thereafter he joined in Jaggugudem border camp under the leadership of Sri Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy and stayed there for more than six months till the end of police action. He made an application to the first respondent on 28.09.1997 for the grant of pension under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. He filed W.P. No. 33362 of 1997 assailing action of the authorities in not considering his application and the said writ petition came to be allowed on 03.03.2000.Thereafter, the first respondent rejected the application on the ground that his case was not recommended by the Hyderabad Special Screening Committee. In the meanwhile, a new procedure came to be in vogue for the sanction of pension under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. The petitioner submitted application as per the new procedure adopted by the first respondent. The District Collector recommended the case of the petitioner under Letter No.C5/1569/2002 dated 18.04.2002 to the Secretary to Government, Revenue, (FF) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. Thereupon, the Government of Andhra Pradesh forwarded verification together with necessary documents to the Central Government under Letter No. 8114/FF.II-A(2)/2004 dated 04.06.2003. The first respondent called for some other documents under Letter No.112/6931/97-FF(HC)(F) dated 23.04.2005. The petitioner submitted required documents to the first respondent on 17.05.2005 and there being no action on the part of the first respondent, he approached this court invoking extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the first respondent and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the second respondent. It is brought to my notice that the second respondent furnished necessary information as called for by the first respondent under Letter No.4737/FFII (A2) 2008-1 dated 29.09.2008. The said letter has been placed on record. The relevant portion of the same reads as under: Based on the above re-verification report and specific recommendation of the Collector, Nalgonda district along with the following certificates, the case of Sri Vedire Venkat Ram Reddy s/o late Purushotham Reddy s/o Ramagiri, Nalgonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, is hereby recommended by this State Government, for sanction of Freedom Fighter Pension under SSSPS, 1980 under H.S.S.C. Case. The material placed on record indicates that the matter is vested with the first respondent to consider the recommendations of the second respondent with regard to sanction of pension to the petitioner under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to consider the application of the petitioner for the grant of pension under Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 and pass appropriate orders within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. ____________________ B.Seshasayana Reddy, J. June 4, 2010 MAS