JUDGMENT :

1. The matter has been heard with the consent of learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing. There is no complaint about any audio and visual quality.

I.A. No. 6316 of 2020

Perused the office note.

As per the office note, this appeal, in view of different orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court as recorded therein passed in suo motu Writ (Civil) No. 3 of 2020 as well as order dated 27.04.2021 passed in Misc. Application No. 665 of 2021 in suo motu Writ (Civil) No. 3 of 2020, is not time barred.

There is no reason for not accepting the aforesaid note of the office.

Mrs. Darshana Poddar Mishra, learned Addl. AG-I, seeks leave to withdraw the limitation petition being I.A. No. 6316 of 2020, because the office has reported that the appeal is not time barred.

Accordingly, I.A. No. 6316 of 2020 is permitted to be withdrawn.

L.P.A. No. 382 of 2020

The instant intra-court appeal is under Clause-10 of Letters Patent directed against the order/judgment dated 08.07.2020 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (S) No. 5272 of 2019, whereby and whereunder, the orders passed by the Administrative Authority dated 20.10.2011 and 07.01.2015, by which, recovery of Rs.