India, July 31 -- The Orissa high court on Tuesday ordered the state government to grant Swatantrata Sainik Samman pension (freedom fighter's pension) to a 101-year-old man who first applied for it in 1981, holding that the government's claim that he manipulated the electoral rolls to enhance his age by 10 years was a presumption.
Justice Sashikanta Mishra said the government had argued that Brahmanand Jena increased his age by 10 years in the voters' list to avail the pensionary benefits under the scheme but "not a shred of paper" was placed before the court to justify the above stand.
"Bereft of even a semblance of an inquiry, the conclusion drawn by the authority is nothing but a presumption. Even otherwise, it would be too farfetche...
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