STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. S SAIBABU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Appellant - State of Andhra Pradesh - seeks special leave under Art. 136 to appeal from the order, dt. 24-9-1982 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal Hyderabad (Tribunal) in R.P. 1097 of 1982 upholding certain claims of the respondents, who are Govt. employees, for House Rent Allowance. The question essentially turns upon the true construction of certain Orders issued, from time to time, by the appellant.

(2.) Special leave is granted. The appeal is taken up for final hearing, heard and disposed of by the judgment.

(3.) G.O.Ms. No. 16, dt. 10-1-1980 was, it is common ground, issued to implement the recommendations of the Commissioner for pay revision. It, therefore, becomes relevant to know what the recommendations in regard to the House Rent Allowance of Government employees who are entitled to rent free quarters are. The Commissioner took note of the circumstance that House Rent Allowance, at varying rates appropriate to the places of posting were allowable even in respect of those Government employees who were not entitled to rent-free accommodation and that the class of Government employees who, in public interest and having regard to the nature of their duties and responsibilities were entitled to free accommodation should be appropriately compensated wherever such rent-free-accommodation was not so provided. The Commissioner then proceeded to make the following recommendations in regard to this class of Government employees :