Orissa Court May 2009 Judgments

Union of India (Uoi) and ors. Vs. Sushil Kumar Rath

Court: Orissa

Reported in: 108(2009)CLT499

I. Mahanty, J.1. The present Writ Petition has been filed by the Petitioners-Union of India through the Chief Postmaster General, Orissa Circle, Bhubaneswar seeking to challenge the Judgment & Order Dated 6.5.2005 passed by the Learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack in O.A. No. 1435 of 2003.2. The Learned Tribunal by passing the impugned Judgment had came to allow the original application filed by the applicant/Opposite Party Sri Sushil Kumar Rath, Postmaster, Malkanagiri, Mukhya Dakghar claiming payment of House Rent Allowance (in short 'HRA') inlieu of providing attached post quarters with effect from 17.7.2001 at the admissible rate & to direct the Respondents/Petitioners to refund the amount recovered from his pay towards the electricity charges & also to pay the HRA as per his entitlement as a Central Government employee.3. The original application filed by the Opposite Party came to be disposed of by the Tribunal by holding that the decision of the Respon...