P.V. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ….....................................

W.A.No.399 of 2026 ….............................................................. Dated this the 27^th day of February, 2026 JUDGMENT P.V. Balakrishnan, J This intra-court appeal is filed by respondents 1 and 2 in W.P.(C)No.10979 of 2025, challenging the judgment dated 22.01.2026, passed by the learned Single Judge, allowing the writ petition filed by the 1^st respondent herein.

2. The 1^st respondent herein/writ petitioner, while working as a Senior Clerk in the appellant bank, was suspended from service on 02.09.2023, as per Ext.P1 order on the allegation that he had committed various irregularities. In Ext.P1, it is specifically stated that the 1^st respondent will be entitled for subsistence allowance during the suspension period. Even though the 1^st respondent demanded payment of subsistence allowance, the appellants denied the same. It is hence, the 1^st respondent filed the afore writ petition seeking a direction that he be paid subsistence allowance from

02.09.2023, till date.

3. The learned Single Judge after considering the materials on record and hearing both sides, allowed the writ petition and directed the appellant