Judgement

SARKAR, J.: This is the third case in the series and it arises out of a petition for a writ of certiorari moyed in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh to quash certain orders reducing the pension granted to the respondent Col. Lal Rampal Singh by an order of the Ruler of Rewa before that State had merged in the United States of Vindhya Pradesh. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh took the same view as in the Nagod case (Civil Appeal No. 738 of 1963 in which judgment has been delivered earlier in the day. The subsequent fortunes of the United States have been described in that judgment. Here also the question is whether the order of the Ruler of Rewa was law.

2. The respondent held various offices in the Government of Rawa. By an order made on April 3, 1948 and published in an extraordinary issue of the Rewa Raj Gazette the Ruler stated that "Col. Lal Rampal Singh entered State service on 21st November 1922 and he is now anxious to retire. I find that he has put in a service of more than 25 years up to date, and, as such, he is allowed to retire on a full pension of Rs. 350 per month of his last grade, as a special case with effect from the date of this order, and the so-called br