Judgment

AHMADI, J. :- These are two cross appeals arising out of the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 12th January, 1990 in Civil Writ Petition No. 4838 of 1988 (reported in AIR 1990 Punj & Har 198) lodged by Shri Justice S. S. Sandhawalia, retired Chief Justice of the said High Court and later of the High Court of Patna (Bihar). For the sake of convenience we will hereafter refer to him as the original petitioner. The facts giving rise to these two appeals, the first by the Union Government and the second by the original petitioner, briefly stated, are as under:

The original petitioner retired as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Patna on 27th July, 1987. His retiral benefits were released to him but his grievance survived in respect of the following :

(i) the full amount of gratuity due to him was not released;

(ii) while computing the cash equivalent of leave due to him at the date of his retirement, the cash equivalent of the various allowances drawn by him just before his retirement had not been included;

(iii) he was not paid the amount payable to him under S. 22B of the High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 1954; and

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