THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.5833 OF 2013

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed challenging the action of the respondent in withholding the petitioner’s retirement benefits i.e., Gratuity, Encashment of Leave, two Annual Increments, Stagnated Increment and Reimbursement of Travel Allowance bills for a sum of Rs.15,000/-, without any authority of law, as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed in service of the respondent-Federation in the year 1975 as Assistant District Manager and he was promoted from time to time. Subsequently, he has retired from service on 30.06.2002 on attaining the age of superannuation, while he was working as Manager (Planning) at the Head Office. It is the further case of the petitioner that, while he was working as District Manager of State Cooperative Marketing Federation (in short, “MARKFED”) at Miryalaguda, Nalgonda, the Cooperative Special Registrar audited MARKFED and submitted a Special Report, dated 04.02.1984, alleging that, on three counts, an amount of Rs.3,43,869-42 was misappropriated by the petitioner. Based o