JUDGMENT :

ANU SIVARAMAN, J.

1. This writ petition is filed seeking the following prayers:

“(ia) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, calling for Ext.P6 and quash the same to the extent the 3rd respondent directs respondents 1 and 2 to reduce the pay of the petitioner by the amount of pension he has been receiving as mentioned in Ext.P5 on appointment as Ombudsman as per Ext.P1.

(ii) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to call for the records leading to Ext.P5 and to quash the same in so far as it arbitrarily deny the petitioner his legitimate right to get full salary and allowances on appointment as Ombudsman without reducing the amount of pension paid to him.

(iii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, commanding the respondents to authorize and disburse forthwith, the arrears of salary and allowances due to the petitioner for service rendered as Ombudsman on appointment as per Ext.P1 w.e.f. 22.12.2017 to 21.12.2020 without reducing the pension received by him, as expeditiously as possible, and within a time frame to be stipulated by this Hon’ble Court.

(iv) Declare t