Shocking revelations have been made about the people who are getting massive amounts as pension illegally! Pensions are for the old and needy to fill their basic needs. It means there will not be any luxuries for pensioners and they will have to keep a tight hold on their expenditures in times of big price rises, even of essentials. 

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It has been claimed that around 23 alleged criminals and convicts in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh were receiving pensions worth Rs 20,000 meant for political activists jailed during Emergency. When this amazing case reached the bench of Justice A P Sahi and Ajit Kumar of the Allahabad High Court, the district magistrate was ordered to probe the veracity of the claim. The bench has directed the district magistrate to apprise it of the findings of his probe on a personal affidavit within six weeks.

The bench issued the order on a case filed by Ashok Kumar and several others on behalf of 'Loktantra Rakshak Senani Sangathan'. According to the lawsuit, at least 23 alleged criminals lodged in district jail have been receiving the Loktantra Senani pension worth Rs 20,000 per month which is being paid by the district administration.

The petitioners said the 'Loktantra Senani' pension was started by erstwhile Samajwadi Party government in 2006 but was discontinued during the subsequent Bahujan Samaj Party government.

They said the pension was restarted by the Samajwadi Party government in 2016, while the present BJP government in the state hiked its amount to Rs 20,000 from Rs 15,000 in June this year.