Thadivalasa Narayanamma, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION Nos.3279, 3296, 3311, 3433, 3653, 3666, 3687, 3732, 3950, 4221, 4226 & 4252 OF 2016 DATED :30.10.2018 W.P.No.3279 of 2016 :

Between :

Pedada Narasimhulu S/o.Late Appa Rao, Aged about 75 yrs, Occu : Old Age Pensioner, R/o.Kanimetta Village, Ponduru Mandal, Srikakulam District & others.

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Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others.

.. Respondents This court made the following :

- 2 - THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION Nos.3279, 3296, 3311, 3433, 3653, 3666, 3687, 3732, 3950, 4221, 4226 & 4252 OF 2016 COMMON ORDER :

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, and Sri K.K.Durga Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for the Gram Panchayat. 2.

In all these writ petitions, petitioners are aggrieved by not granting the benefit of pension under the Social Security Scheme launched by the Sate Government to various cadres of deprived persons such as old aged, widows, persons with disability etc. However, it is informed that during pendency of the writ petitions, some of the petitioners were granted the benefit.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Standing counsel informs the Court that the claim in these writ petitions is covered by the decision of this Court in W.P.No.27497 of 2015 & batch dated 29.10.2015. 4.

In the said decision, the following order is passed in paragraph Nos.8 and 9.

"8.

Learned counsel for the petitioners or any other authorized person is permitted to file all the documents, directly in the office of the Project Director, DRDA, on behalf of such of those persons who were found to be ineligible by the Mandal Parishat Development Officer. On presentation of all the relevant documents in support of the claim of such of those petitioners, whose names are not recommended by Mandal Parishat Development Officer, the Project Director, DRDA shall scrutinize their eligibility and place the same before the District Pension Committee and review their eligibility. If such of those persons are also found to be eligible, their pension shall be released. If

- 3 - those persons are found to be ineligible, a specific decision shall be taken by assigning reasons and the same shall be communicated to the individuals. The entire exercise in so far the persons whose names are now rejected shall be completed within a period of four weeks, from the date of submission of particulars of the petitioners, by the Project Director, DRDA, in consultation with the District Pension Committee.

9.

In so far as the petitioners whose names are found to be eligible, now, the Mandal Parishat Development Officer, shall forward the recommendations to the Project Director, DRDA, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of this order. The Project Director, DRDA, shall consider the recommendations and take appropriate decision as warranted by the scheme, within a further period of three weeks and if those petitioners are found to be eligible for grant of pension, they shall be granted pension retrospectively from the date from which pension was stopped to them. The entire exercise with reference to these persons shall also be completed within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of proposals from the Mandal Parishat Development Officer."

5.

Following the said decision, these writ petitions are also disposed of in terms thereof. However, it is made clear that these directions are applicable for the petitioners for whom the benefit is not extended so far. Pending miscellaneous petitions shall stand closed.

__________________ P.NAVEEN RAO,J 30th October, 2018 Rds