IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH MARCH 2010 / 19TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 2206 of 2008(K) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- MANIYAMMA, W/O.MUKUNDAN, AGED 70, VAIKYATHUPARAMBIL, MUHAMMA P.O., CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. MR.J.OM PRAKASH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY ADV. SMT.P.SAREENA GEORGE, CGC. R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 10/03/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C) NO. 2206/2008-K APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE APPLICATION DATED 25/06/1998 SUBMITED BY SRI.MUKUNDAN. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL PRISON, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DATED 02/02/2007. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PETITIONER DATED 20/08/2007. EXT.P4: COPY OF THE A.D. CARD OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED NIL. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE rs. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.2206/2008-K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 10th day of March, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an applicant for grant of pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. Her husband late Shri Mukundan was an active participant in the Punnapra-Vayalar struggle and he was arrested and convicted by the First Class Magistrate Court, Cherthala in C.C.No.8/1124 and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for six months and accordingly he was kept in Central Jail, Thiruvananthapuram from 12/05/1124 to 08/11/1124. Ext.P1 is the copy of the application submitted by the deceased Mukundan before the District Collector, Alappuzha for grant of pension under the S.S.S Pension Scheme. Ext.P2 is the copy of the Jail Certificate. As per Ext.P3, the petitioner again represented the matter before the State Government and as no action is being taken in the matter, this writ petition was filed seeking for a direction to the respondents to process the application and finalise the same within a time frame. 2. The matter was placed before the Adalat on 16/10/2009. The proceedings of the Adalat show that the Government Pleader appearing for the State Government submitted that a report has already been sent to the W.P.(C). No.2206/2008 -:2:- Central Government. In the light of the fact that the State Government has already forwarded the Verification- cum-Entitlement Report to the Central Government, there will be a direction to the first respondent to take a decision, with regard to the grant of pension under the S.S.S.P Scheme within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Judgment, and communicate the same to the petitioner. The entitlement of the petitioner for grant of pension from the date of receipt of the application will also be considered. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms