IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 27191 of 2008 Between: M. Anantha Reddy S/o. Chandra Reddy R/o.H.No.1-10-1053/2/ST-II, Old Alwal, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of India, rep. by its Dy. Secretrary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters Division, Loknayak Bhavan, New Delhi - 110011. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or direction preferably Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent in finalizing the claim of the applicant for grant of pension under "Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme- 1980"in view of report of the Government of A.P. sent vide letter No.14097/FF.III/2008 dt. 13.05.2008 as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to grant pension to the petitioner and grant all consequential benefits and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for Respondent: Mr.A.Rajashekar Reddy (Asst Solicitor Gen) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is field by the petitioner questioning the inaction of the respondent in finalizing his claim for grant of pension under "Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme- 1980" in view of the report of the Government of A.P. vide letter No.14097/FF.III/2008 dt.13.05.2008, and consequently to direct the respondent to grant pension and grant all consequential benefits to the petitioner. The case of the petitioner is that he participated in the freedom movement during 1947-48 and worked in the border camp at Jammalamadaka, Gurajala (Guntur District) under the leadership of one Sri K. Krishnam Raju. The petitioner submitted applications for grant of pension under ‘Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme-1980’, on 13.05.1985 and again in the year 1992. As no action has been taken on his applications he filed W.P.No.3638 of 1998, and the same was disposed of by this Court on 10.03.1998 with certain observations. Thereafter, the District Collector, Hyderabad, conducted enquiry and submitted a report to the respondent on 24.04.2003 and another enquiry report on 13.05.2008. In spite of the same no orders have been passed by the respondent. Hence the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the respondent The learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that since the application of the petitioner is pending consideration before the respondent, instead of this Court going into the merits of the matter, the respondent may be directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner expeditiously, for which course of action, the learned counsel for the petitioner also agreed. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner for grant of ‘Swatantra Sainik Samman Pension’ and pass appropriate orders after taking into consideration the recommendations made by the Government of A.P., expeditiously, preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ________________ (N.V.RAMANA, J.) 4th March, 2009 Js.