APHC010402532021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) THURSDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE 3459 PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WRIT PETITION (AT) No.1048 OF 2021 Between: M. Nagaiah. --- Petitioner and The State of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District and 5 others. --- Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri N. Madhava Rao. Counsel for the respondents : G.P. for Services-IV & Smt. B.V. Aparna Lakshmi, Learned Standing Counsel for Respondent No.5. The Court made the following ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to declare the action of the respondents in not paying his pension from the month of May, 2016 onwards and in not revising his Pension as per Revised Pay Scales, 2015 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles, 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay JS,J WP (AT) No.1048/2021 2 the arrears of his pension and monthly pension in terms of RPS, 2015 with interest at the rate of 18% p.a. During the course of hearing, Smt. B.V. Aparna Lakshmi, learned Standing Counsel, appearing on behalf of the 5th respondent/Gram Panchayat, produced a copy of the proceedings in R.C.No.C3/756/2024, dated 29.10.2024, issued by the Administrative Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, Ongole, which reveals that the arrears of pension was paid to the petitioner and, after his demise, family pension and all arrears were paid to his wife viz., Smt. M. Sanjeevamma till the month of October, 2024 and as such no further orders are required to be passed in this Writ Petition. Recording the aforesaid submission, the Writ Petition is closed. No order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM Date: 09.01.2025 DSH