JUDGMENT :

P.B.Suresh Kumar, J.

This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 12.7.2021 in W.P.(C) No.21677 of 2012. The appellant is the State. Parties and documents are referred to in this judgment for convenience, as they appear in the writ petition.

2. The petitioner was a teacher in the Kerala Agricultural University (the University). He was working in the Headquarters of the University situated at Vellanikkara within the limits of Madakkathara Panchayat in Thrissur District. Madakkathara Panchayat is a Panchayat adjoining Thrissur Corporation which is classified by the Central Government as a 'B2' city. The matter relates to the claim made by the petitioner for House Rent Allowance (HRA) and City Compensatory Allowance (CCA) as applicable to the employees working in the offices situated within the limits of Thrissur Corporation.

3. HRA and CCA which are part of the salary of employees of the University are being disbursed in accordance with the orders issued by the State Government from time to time based on the recommendations of the Pay Revision Commissions. The teachers working in the Headquarters of the University were being disbursed HRA and CCA as applicable to State G