THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

ORDER:

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief:

“…to issue a direction, order or writ more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus a. Declaring the action of the 1^st Respondent in issuing Memo.

No. 494/Vig/A2/2002, dated 22.6.2013 and Memo. No. 494/Vig./A2/2002, dated 25.11.2013 treating the period of suspension between 15.6.2002 to 23.9.2004 as not spent on duty as being arbitrary, illegal, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India;;

b. Consequently, direct the Respondents to treat the entire period of suspension as being ‘wholly unjustified’ and therefore as period spent on duty; thereon release the increments withheld during the period; revise the pay and allowances due and payable; promote the Petitioner as Deputy Commissioner of Labour on par with his immediate junior; and release the arrears that would become payable;

c. Also direct the Respondents to release all the terminal benefits duly taking into account the implementation of the relief prayed at b. supra and pay up the arrears of the pension together with interest at the rate of 9% with