ORDER :

B.V.L.N. Chakravarthi, J.

This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Certiorari to exercise the extraordinary original jurisdiction vested in the High Court by virtue of Article 226 of the Constitution of India to declare the award dated 08.02.2020 passed by the Lok Adalt Bench, Puttur in O.S.No.24 of 2019 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Puttur as illegal, improper, without jurisdiction and against the procedure established by law, contrary, contrary to the Legal Services Authority Act and rules thereon and consequently to set aside the same.

2. The facts leading to the filing of this writ petition are as under :

The wife, daughter, and son who are the respondents Nos.2 to 4 in the Writ Petition, filed a suit in O.S.No.24 of 2019 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Puttur against the writ petitioner here in to pass a decree and judgment in their favour and against the writ petitioner to pay a sum of Rs.20,50,000/- out of the voluntary retirement benefits received by the writ petitioner, towards their maintenance alleging that the marriage between the 2nd respondent, and the writ petitioner took place on 10.09.2000 at Sri Subramanyaswamy temple, Puttur Town, and during their wedlock the respondents 3 and 4 were born, and the writ petitioner is working as a Government School Teacher and has got a defective eyesight, but he can see things at a close distance, and for the past three years there is a lot of change in the attitude of the writ petitioner, and he was causing insecurity and problem of privacy to inmates of the house and the 2nd respondent raised protest as there are grown up children are in the house, but the writ petitioner did not feel the seriousness of the situation and on the other hand he started blaming respondents 2 & 3, and the friends of the defendant were entering into the house in drunken condition, and he started neglecting respondents 2 to 4, and stopped securing provisions to the house and was beating respondents 2 to 4 and his spoiled the study atmosphere in the house, and drinking urine in front of the wife and children under guise of health care, and proclaiming that the wife, children should not stop him, and having no other go they reached the house of the mother of the 2nd respondent at Puttur and on 04.05.2019 they reported the matter to women Police Arakonam and issued a legal notice on 27.05.2019 to the writ petitioner, and he issued a reply notice dated 06.06.2019 making false allegations and having no other go they filed PLP.No.33 of 2019 on the file of Lok Adalat, Puttur, but the writ petitioner did not appear before the Lok Adalat, and conveniently applied for voluntary retirement and that the respondents 2 to 4 are unable to maintain themselves, and they are with the mother of the 2nd respondent at Puttur, and they demanded the writ petitioner to pay maintenance for their sustenance and the education of the children, but he did not pay any amount and on the other hand applied for voluntary retirement to avoid the maintenance and having no other go they filed a suit in the court of Senior Civil Judge, Puttur for Rs.20,50,000/-.

3. While the suit was pending before the Senior Civil Judge, Puttur, the parties entered into compromise and to record compromise, at the request of both the parties, the Mandal Legal Services Committees referred O.S.No.24 of 2019 for settlement under Section 20 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The terms of compromise were reduced to writing. Placed before the Mandal Legal Services Committee, requesting to record compromise, and in view of the settlement, they appeared before the Mandal Legal Services Committee, duly signed by the writ petitioner and respondent 2 to 4. In terms of the compromise, award dated 08.02.2020 was passed by the Mandal Legal Services Committee in Lok Adalat Bench, Puttur. In Lok Adalat case No.2 of 2020 and thus in view of the settlement, suit was disposed of.

4. The writ petitioner filed the present writ petition on the g