JUDGMENT :

Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, J.

1. Heard Mr. P. Mohanty, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Ms. P. Rath, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S.P. Das, learned Addl. Standing Counsel for the State.

2. The present Writ Petition has been filed inter alia challenging office order dated 07.06.2022, so issued by the Opp. Party No.1 under Annexure-5. Vide the said order, sanction of the benefit of TBA, ACP as well as RACP and MACP as well as increments were re-fixed and while re-fixing all those benefits, petitioner was held liable to pay back a sum of Rs.69,700/-.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that petitioner entered into service on 13.07.1983 as an Assistant Tourist Officer. While so continuing, petitioner was sanctioned with the benefit of TBA as well as ACP and RACP in due course of time. Not only that petitioner was also sanctioned with the increments and benefit of MACP. But just prior to her retirement, the impugned office order dated 07.06.2022 under Annexure-5 was passed, wherein benefit of TBA, ACP and RACP was re-fixed on the ground that while regularizing the leave of the petitioner, 2624 days of the leave was treated as Extraordinary L