IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 1708 of 2008 Between: Smt.Cherala Komuramma, w/o late Venkataiah, R/o Raikal Village, Saidapur Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Secretary to the Govt.of A.P., Revenue (FF.II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 3 The District Treasury Officer, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus and declare the action of the respondent as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice, and direct the respondent to pass orders for payment of familypension to the petitioner alongwith arrears in view of theproceedings letter dt. -12-2005 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit andproper in the circusmtances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SANGAM SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 1708 of 2008 Order: The petitioner is the wife of one Venkataiah, who was sanctioned Freedom Fighters Pension under a State scheme. After the death of her husband, the petitioner approached the respondents and made an application for grant of freedom fighters family pension to her, and the 2nd respondent District Collector, by letter dated 10.08.2004, referred the matter to the 1st respondent-Government requesting them to sanction family pension to the petitioner. However, the 1st respondent- Government issued proceedings, dated 27.08.2004, stating that under G.O. Ms. No. 248, Revenue (FF.I) Department, dated 09.03.2004, the powers were delegated to the District Collectors to sanction family pension under State Scheme, and directed the 2nd respondent to take action accordingly. Thereafter, when the 2nd respondent has not taken any action, the petitioner again made an application requesting him to sanction family pension, but the 2nd respondent, without sanctioning the same, has again recommended the case of the petitioner to the 1st respondent-Government, by proceedings dated .12.2005, for sanction of family pension to her. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. In spite of granting sufficient time, no counter affidavit is filed by the respondents so far. However, when the matter is taken up for admission today, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents, on instructions, submits that the matter is still under consideration before the 1st respondent-Government. In view of that, both the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent-Government are directed to consider the application, said to have been made by the petitioner for sanction of freedom fighters family pension, in the light of the recommendations made by the 2nd respondent-District Collector, and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 03.07.2008 Nsr