THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.RAGHUNANDAN RAO
WRIT PETITION No.4516 of 2022
ORDER:-
The petitioners who had earlier been granted Disability
Pension, with pension I.D.Nos.10145040010601015 &
110000218030, have now approached this court by way of the
present writ petition, complaining that their social security
pension which had been paid earlier had now been stopped.
They contend that, apart from the pension that is being given to
them, they have no economic support whatsoever.
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.
Following the above said judgment, this writ petition is
disposed of with the following directions:
i) The respondents are directed to make payment of
pension to the petitioners 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.
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iv) The Mandal Parishad Development Officer shall intimate the date of verification of documents to the petitioners two days in advance.
v) The petitioners shall submit relevant/requisite documents to establish their eligibility for entitlement of pension for which they are seeking before the Mandal Parishad Development Officer or the officers deputed.
vi) Upon production and verification of the documents submitted by the petitioners, the Mandal Parishad Development Officer shall examine the eligibility of the petitioners and include their names 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.
viii) The respondents are directed to continue the payment of pension to those petitioners, every month, who have 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 : 22-02-2022 BSM 3 THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.RAGHUNANDAN RAO WRIT PETITION No.4516 of 2022 Date : 22-02-2022 BSM