(1.) Heard the counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order-dated 30.3.1998 by which his salary for the period 27.5.1987 to 27.10.1997 has been withheld.
(2.) The case of the petitioner is that he was working as Junior Division Clerk, N.C.C. Allahabad and subsequently he was made permanent. By the order-dated 22.5.87 he was transferred from Allahabad to Mirzapur, but the transfer order was not served upon him. Thereafter, the transfer order was published in the Newspaper "Amrit Prabhat" on 31.5.87, which was challenged by means of Writ Petition No. 10824 of 1987. The order of transfer was stayed by an interim order dated 24.6.1987.
(3.) The petitioner thereafter served the certified copy of the interim order on the respondent on 26.6.1987, but he was not permitted to join at Allahabad. The order of this Court passed in Writ Petition No. 10824 of 1987 is as under:-