GAUHATI HIGH COURT
KANDARPA KANTA SARMA – Appellant
Versus
THE UNION OF INDIA and 3 ORS – Respondent
JUDGMENT & ORDER
(M. Zothankhuma, J)
1. Heard Mr. M. P. Sarma, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. S.K. Chakraborty, learned counsel appearing for the N.F. Railway.
2. The petitioner has put to challenge the impugned Judgment & Order dated 30.01.2015 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Guwahati Bench in Original Application No. 119/2003, rejecting the prayer made by the petitioner for payment of House Rent Allowance (HRA) for the period from 25.09.2007 to 13.07.2009. The impugned judgment and order had been made on the ground that despite there being vacant Type-IV quarters which could have been allotted to the petitioner instead of grant of HRA in terms of the Government Circulars applicable to the petitioner, the petitioner had not applied for allotment of the vacant quarters. Thus, in terms of the Government Circulars the petitioner could not be eligible for grant of HRA.
3. The petitioner filed the present writ petition and the same was disposed of, vide judgment dated 21.05.2018, wherein this Court held that there was nothing on record to indicate the basis on which the decision to pay HRA from 14.07.2009 was taken and there wa
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