JUDGMENT :

CM APPL. 25416/2022 (exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions.

2. The application is accordingly disposed of.

W.P.(C) 8438/2022

3. By way of present petition, petitioner prays as under:

a. To direct the respondents for grant of HRA to the petitioner w.e.f. 28.09.2016 till 30.09.2020 (excluding the period of 27.03.2017 to 03.05.2017) at the rates of respective place of posting applicable to commandant level officers, alongwith interest @ 12 % PA;

b. To direct respondents for grant of HRA to the Petitioner w.e.f 28.09.2016 till 30.09.2020 (excluding the period of 27.03.2017 to 03.05.2017) at the rates of respective place of posting applicable to Personnel below Officers Ranks alongwith interest @ 12 % PA;

c. To quash the impugned order dated 02.01.2021 to the effect it rejects prayer of petitioner for grant of HRA at the rates of respective place of posting applicable to the commandant level officers.

4. Pertinently, in earlier round of litigation, petitioner filed a petition bearing no. W.P.(C) 8172/2020 seeking directions to the respondents to grant HRA to the petitioner w.e.f. 28.09.2016 (excluding the period of 27.03.2017 to 03.05.2017) along with interest @ 12% p.a.,