Gujarat Court February 1997 Judgments

Mahendra Ashabhai Patel Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court: Gujarat

Reported in: (1997)2GLR1270

S.D. Pandit, J.1. Mahendra Ashabhai Patel has filed the present petition against the respondents as regards rejection of his application for getting pension under the Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme, 1972.2. A notice was issued to the respondents. Respondent No. 1 has appeared and has filed affidavit-in-reply and produced documentary evidence in respect of his contentions. I have heard both the parties at length on merits. Therefore, I proceed. to dispose of this petition finally by issuing Rule today.3. Under the said Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme, 1972, the claimant is to produce the documents from the Court or Jail authorities to show that he had either undergone imprisonment for 6 months or that there was order of either arrest or detention and he had avoided his arrest for not less than six months by remaining underground. In case if the Public documents that is the documents from the Court or the Jail authorities are not available then the claimant has to annex to his applica...