THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18468 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner has submitted an application for grant of freedom fighter pension on 10.01.1998. As there was no action by the respondent, he along with some others filed W.P.No.5257 of 1998 before this Court, and the same was disposed of through order dated 15.03.1998 on the basis of the statement made by the learned standing counsel that instructions were already issued to the Union of India. Thereafter, the application was verified by the Government of A.P. at various stages and sent a verification report to the respondent on 12.1.2004 recommending the case of the petitioner. It is submitted that a second enquiry had also been conducted at the instance of the respondent duly following the latest revised checklist and a report in that regard was sent on 12.02.2008. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the Government of India constituted another screening committee recently and they are examine the applications, no action has been taken on his application so far. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A Rajasekhar Reddy, learned Assistant Solicitor General for respondent. The petitioner is very old, and the application submitted by him for grant of freedom fighter pension has been processed up to a very advanced stage. Re-verification was also conducted at the instance of the respondent and a report was also submitted. The matter of this nature cannot be kept pending indefinitely. Nearly one year has elapsed. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to complete processing of application submitted by the petitioner within a period of three months from today and intimate the result thereof to the petitioner so as to enable him to take further steps. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 25th November, 2009 Js.