Sharad Kumar Sharma, J.

1. This writ petition has been preferred by a widow of a freedom fighter, who is at present of 91 years of age, whose late husband died at the age of about 100 years, after earnestly pursuing the remedies available under law, ever since 05.03.1981, for the grant of Freedom Fighter Pension under the Rules of 1975. The claim of her late husband of the petitioner, for the grant of Freedom Fighter Pension has been rejected by State by the impugned orders under challenge in the writ petition. Hence, in the writ petition he has sought the following reliefs:

“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding/directing the respondents to declare the husband of the petitioner late Shri Satyeshwar Sharma to be a freedom fighter and further direct the respondents to give the pension of dependent of freedom fighter to the petitioner alongwith all benefits as applicable to the dependent of freedom fighters from the date of initial application made by late Satyeshwar Sharma to the respondents.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction quashing the impugned order dated 05.05.2017 and 28.11.2017 passed by the respondent no. 1 (respectively contain