Judgment

C.K. Thakker, J.—Leave granted.

2. The present appeals are directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay dated February 15, 2003 in Writ Petition No. 3947 of 1994 and also against an order dated January 14, 2004 passed in Civil Application No. 63 of 2003.

3. To understand the controversy raised in the appeals, relevant facts in brief may be stated.

The respondent herein - petitioner before the High Court - was in service of Oil and Natural Gas Commission, (“Commission” for short) appellant herein. He was holding the post of Additional Director (Finance & Accounts) prior to his retirement. As an employee of the Commission, he was allotted quarter on December 10, 1982. He retired from service on reaching the age of superannuation with effect from February 28, 1990. It is the case of the appellant that after the retirement, an employee has to vacate the residential accommodation given to him by the Commission. The respondent, therefore, was in­formed by the Commission that he had to vacate the quarter. It was the policy of the Commission to grant four months’ time to retain a quar­ter by an employee after his retirement. Accordingly, the