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This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned order dated 25.10.2013 and the consequential letter dated 27.07.2022, issued by the respondent.

2. Under the impugned order / letter, a sum of Rs.2,52,555/- has been withheld from the DCRG amount payable on account of the deceased employee G.Premkumar. The petitioner is the wife of the deceased employee G.Premkumar. For the alleged unauthorized occupation of the staff quarters allotted to G.Premkumar, a sum of Rs.2,52,555/- has been withheld from the DCRG amount. The petitioner claims that the said amount is not liable to be paid by G.Premkumar as claimed by the respondent, since there was no unauthorized occupation of the staff quarters by him while he was in service.

3. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondent denying the contentions of the petitioner and they have reiterated that a sum of Rs.2,52,555/- has been rightly deducted from and out of DCRG payable on account of the deceased employee G.Premkumar.

4. However, as seen from the impugned order, the petitioner has not been granted an opportunity to submit her explanation as to why the sum of Rs.2,52,555/- cannot be deducted from and out of the DCRG a