APHC010137572015 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3459] TUESDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WRIT PETITION NO: 9084/2015 Between: 1. MANTENA VENKATA SURYANARAYANA RAJU,, S/O. NARAYANA RAJU, AGED: ABOUT 86 YEARS, OCC: FORMER UNDERGROUND FREEDOM FIGHTER, ELURUPADU VILLAGE, KALLA MANDAL, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, LOK NAYAK BHAWAN, KHAN MARKET, NEW DELHI - 110 003. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE (FF.III) DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, HYDERABAD. 3. THE COLLECTOR DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ELURU. ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a Writ of Mandmaus or any other appropriate Writ or direction declaring the action of the respondent in not granting the pension from the date of the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension 1980 to the petitioner as illegal arbitrary and contrary to the judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and consequently direct the respondent to grant pension with effect from the date of the scheme or at least from the date of filing application dt. 06-01-1982 and pay the arrears from the date of grant and consequentially direct the Respondent No.1 to grant 2 the pension under the SSPS, 1980 from the date of the Scheme, till the date of issuance IA NO: 1 OF 2015(WPMP 11976 OF 2015 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 1st respondent to sanction the pension with effect from the date of the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension forthwith Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. RAMBABU KOPPINEEDI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE (AP) 2. DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM 9th September, 2025 cbn 4 535 THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WP No.9084 of 2015 9th September, 2025 cbn