Her Pension Started When The File Moved. The Court Moved It Back.
A social security pension claim has been allowed with arrears from March 2024, at the rates the State's own orders set.
The Court allowed the writ petition and directed payment of arrears from 16 March 2024 until regular monthly pension commenced, at the rates under the Government Order of December 2019 as enhanced in June 2024. Amounts already paid are to be adjusted, and the process completed within eight weeks. The order is not to be read as directing payment to anyone who does not meet the eligibility criteria.
- Arrears run from entitlement, not sanction — 16 March 2024 here.
- The enhanced rate applies, the scheme having been revised and renamed in June 2024.
- Whatever was paid is adjusted, so there is no double recovery.
- The Court fenced the order so it cannot be used by those who do not qualify.
- Court
- High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati
- Bench
- Justice K SREENIVASA REDDY
- Citation
- W.P. No. 31325 of 2024
- Case
- W.P. No. 31325 of 2024
- Decided
- 3 September 2026
- Outcome
- Writ petition allowed; pension arrears directed within eight weeks
What was directed
The respondent authorities were directed to pay arrears from 16 March 2024 until the date from which the regular monthly pension commenced.
That is to be calculated giving due effect to the applicable rates under the Government Order of 13 December 2019 under the title YSR Pension Kanuka, as enhanced by the Government Order of 13 June 2024 which restored the name of the scheme as the NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme.
The conditions on it
Any amount already paid to the petitioner towards pension is to be duly adjusted while calculating the arrears.
The authorities are to complete the entire process within eight weeks of receipt of a copy of the order.
The Court made clear the order is not to be construed as directing payment of pension to persons who do not satisfy the eligibility criteria prescribed under the relevant Government Orders.
Who argued it
Appearances as recorded in the judgment of the Court.
Frequently asked
Do pension arrears run from sanction or from eligibility?
From eligibility. Arrears were directed from 16 March 2024 until the regular pension began.
At what rate?
The rate under the 2019 Government Order as enhanced in June 2024.
Claiming arrears of a welfare pension
- Establish the date eligibility arose, separately from the date of sanction; arrears run from the first.
- Cite the Government Order fixing the rate and any order enhancing it.
- Concede adjustment of amounts already received; it costs nothing and answers the obvious objection.
- Expect the order to be confined to eligible persons — do not read it as a general direction.
Source. High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, W.P. No. 31325 of 2024, decided 3 September 2026 by Justice K SREENIVASA REDDY. This explainer is written from the judgment text as reported.
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