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RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, Y. G. KHOBRAGADE
Somitrabai @ Somabai Bhagwan Ajbe – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RAVINDRA V GHUGE, J.
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties.
2. While issuing notice on 27.06.2023, we had passed the following order:
2. The District Collector has informed the State Bank of India to submit the original pension payment order (PPO). The bank has informed that the original PPO of the said freedom fighter is not with the bank and the same is with the Ministry of Home Affairs which was tendered vide letter dated 19.08.2020.
3. Issue notice to respondent Nos. 1 to 5, returnable on 11.07.2023. This matter would appear in the urgent admissions category.
4. The learned standing counsel for Union of In
The central legal point established in the judgment is the obligation of the authorities to act in a just and appropriate manner in sanctioning pensions to eligible beneficiaries, and the condemnatio....
The revised policy guidelines of 2014 cannot be applied retrospectively to deny relief to the petitioner, and the delay in processing the petitioner's application cannot be attributed to the petition....
The Court emphasized the need for a liberal and not a technical approach in considering the cases of freedom fighters seeking pension, in line with the object of the SSS Scheme, 1980.
The court established that procedural technicalities should not obstruct the substantive rights of illiterate individuals in claiming family pensions.
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