( 1. ) SUSTAINABILITY of the order dated 4-5-1999 passed by the M. P. State Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur (for short the Tribunal) in O. A. No. 1590/98 has been called in question by the petitioner invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.

( 2. ) THE facts as have been uncurtained are that the petitioner is a State Government employee. He came on transfer to Jabalpur in the month of July, 1993. He was not allotted a Government accommodation and, therefore, he was paid house rent allowance admissible as per rules. The wife of the petitioner is an employee of the Central Government and she is obtaining the house rent allowance admissible as per rules applicable to her. The Principal, Government Ayurved College and Hospital, Jabalpur, the respondent No. 3 herein, by letter dated 27-5-1998 required the petitioner to submit details of his family members which was submitted on 1-7-1998. As the same was not accepted the petitioner sent it by registered post. Thereafter the respondent No. 3 directed the petitioner to submit whether his wife is a Government servant and is in receipt of house rent allowance and from what