HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE Writ Petition No. 18875 of 2006 Between:: Gowrraju Venkaiah and others. ..Petitioners And The Government of India, represented by its Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, Loknayak Bhavan, New Delhi. ..Respondent. :ORDER: Counsel for the petitioners : Shri M.M.M.Srinivasa Rao for Shri Kowturu Vinaya Kumar Counsel for respondent : Shri A. Rajashekar Reddy (Assistant Solicitor General) September 19, 2006: In this petition, the petitioners have prayed for issue of a mandamus to the respondents to consider their claim for grant of pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 (for short ‘the 1980 Scheme). After arguing the case for some time, Shri M.M.M. Srinivas Rao learned counsel for the petitioners made a request that his clients may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file fresh one. The request of the learned counsel for the petitioners is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made.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 writ petition, W.P.M.P.No. 23737 of 2006 filed by the petitioners is also dismissed. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ 19-09-2006 pvks