JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

Respondents 1 to 6 in W.P.(C)No.2851 of 2018 filed this writ appeal under Section 5(i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958, challenging the judgment dated 14.11.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in that writ petition. The respondent-writ petitioner approached this Court with W.P.(C)No.2851 of 2018 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs;

“(i) To call for the records leading to Ext.P6 and quash the same by issuing a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, or order or direction;

(ii) To declare that the action of the respondents 2 to 6 in taking steps to recover the salary received by the petitioner from October 2010 to November 2012 is arbitrary and illegal;

(iii) To set aside the action initiated against the petitioner on the basis of Executive orders when there is no bar in claiming honorarium while acting as President of the Panchayath as per Rule 3(A) of the Kerala Panchayath Raj (Honorarium and Allowance to Representative of Peoples) Rules 1995;

(iv) To declare that petitioner is entitled to receive Honorarium as Panchayath President as per Rule 3(A) of the Kerala Panchayath Raj (Honorarium and All