JUDGMENT :

V. KAMESWAR RAO, J.

1. The instant Writ Petition has been filed with the following prayers:-

“On the premises set forth hereinabove, it is most humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to :-

(a) Quash the Office Orders dated 08.04.2020, 29.04.2020, para (ii) of 15.07.2020 and 24.07.2020 issued by the Respondents directing the Petitioner to pay damage/penal rent to the tune of Rs.38,20,877/- (Rupees Thirty eight lakhs twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy seven only) for the period from 09.04.2012 to 31.03.2020;

(b) Direct the Respondents to refund a sum of Rs. 2,25,000/- (Rupees Two lakhs twenty five thousand) illegally deducted from the salary of the Petitioner for the months of June, July and August 2020;

(c) Issue appropriate Order to permit the Petitioner to retain the House/Quarter No.941-A, New Sabarmati Railway Colony, Ahmedabad on normal rent till the end of the Bharatnet Project in Gujarat;

(d) And pass such other or further order/orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice.”

2. The petitioner qualified for the Indian Engineering Services in the year 1990 and s