him for the past several years. Further, the learned Government Advocate appearing for the first respondent submitted that in order to avail old age pension under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, the Petitioner should be a destitute and other eligibility norms is that the person should be 60 years and above and belonging to below poverty line family. Though the Petitioner is not a destitute person, it does not mean that he is maintained by his grand sons. Admittedly, the Petitioner has no source of income and he is aged about 83 years. However, the second respondent is duty bound to conduct proper enquiry and afford due opportunity to the Petitioner in order to establish his financial position. Admittedly, the second respondent failed to conduct due enquiry and no opportunity was given to the Petitioner for the purpose of ascertaining as to whether the Petitioner is a destitute person or not. Further, the scheme does not envisage the relatives with whom the Petitioner is residing to establish that they are taking care of him. There could be instances that the claimant may be residing with his own relatives, but may not taken care and financially assisted the Petitioner. There could also be instances where the claimant may have children and they have negleted him. Therefore when there is no specific condition in the said scheme that the scheme cannot be extended to persons who is taken care of by the
