Changam Reddy Aruna vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh

          THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.RAGHUNANDAN RAO
                       WRIT PETITION No.5058 of 2022
ORDER:-

           The petitioner, who had earlier been granted handicapped

pension, has approached this court, by way of the present writ

petition, complaining that her handicapped pension which had

been paid earlier had now been stopped. She contends that

apart from the pension that is being given to her, she has no

economic support whatsoever.

           2.        In similar circumstances, a learned Single Judge of

this Court had considered the issue of stoppage of such pension

payments and passed orders in W.P.No.18874 of 2020 & Batch

dated 27.09.2021.


           3.        Following the above said judgment, this writ petition

is disposed of with the following directions:
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    i)          The respondents are directed to make payment of

pension to the petitioner from the month when it was stopped to till date forthwith.

ii) The Mandal Parishad Development Officer of the concerned Mandal is directed to receive and verify the documents of the petitioners in his village within seven (7) days from the date of this order.

iii) If the Mandal Parishad Development Officer is otherwise busy, he shall depute Panchayat Secretary and Village Revenue Officer of the concerned village for this purpose.

iv) The Mandal Parishad Development Officer shall intimate the date of verification of documents to the petitioner two days in advance.

v) The petitioner shall submit relevant/requisite documents to establish her eligibility for entitlement of pension for which she is seeking before the Mandal Parishad Development Officer or the officers deputed.

vi) Upon production and verification of the documents submitted by the petitioner, the Mandal Parishad Development Officer shall examine the eligibility of the petitioner and include her name in the eligibility list within seven (07) days thereafter.

vii) If, the case of any petitioner is not considered for Social Security Pension Scheme, the Mandal Parishad Development Officer, shall intimate the reasons in writing to the petitioner immediately under proper acknowledgment.

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viii) The respondents are directed to continue the payment of pension to the petitioner, every month, who has satisfied the eligibility criteria.

ix) The entire process shall be completed within three (3) weeks from the date of this order.

There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

___________________________________ JUSTICE R.RAGHUNANDAN RAO Date : 28-02-2022 RJS 3 THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.RAGHUNANDAN RAO WRIT PETITION No.5058 of 2022 Date : 28-02-2022 RJS