1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.917 of 2009 RAM BHAWAN SINGH Versus THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS ----------- 4. 15.02.2010 Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned counsel for the Union of India and also the learned counsel for the State. By the order under appeal dated 29th April 2009, the writ court has dismissed the writ petition preferred by the appellant against an order of the competent authority of the Central Government whereby the Freedom Fighter Pension sanctioned to the appellant has been cancelled, when medical evidence showed that he had given incorrect age in his earlier claim and as per the medical evidence collected by the authorities, pursuant to certain directions in a writ petition of the year 2001, the appellant was found to be aged only about 13-15 years in the year 1942. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that there is no legal bar to conviction of a boy of 13-15 years of age and, hence, even if the medical evidence showed the age to be only 13-15 years in the year 1942, the writ court should have interfered in the matter and quashed the cancellation order. The writ court has considered all the relevant materials and the facts in a systematic manner and has found that the authorities were justified in holding that the appellant’s claim of participation in the Quit India Movement was doubtful. In 2 such a situation, the writ jurisdiction was rightly not used for interfering with the order of the authorities. We find no good reason to take a different view. The appeal is, therefore, dismissed, but without costs. Jay/ (Shiva Kirti Singh,J) ( C.M.Prasad,J )