HIMMAT SINGH ANEJA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) FEELING aggrieved against the action of the respondent -State for not including the Non Practicing Allowance ('NPA' for short) in their basic pay, during their service period, petitioners have approached this Court by way of instant writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ in the nature of Certiorari as well as in the nature of Mandamus.

(2.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners served the respondent -State for a long period, but during their service, NPA was not included in the basic pay of the petitioners. He further submits that orders passed by the respondent -authorities at Annexures P -10, P -13 and P -18 were arbitrary and liable to be set aside. He prays for allowing the present writ petition.

(3.) IT is a matter of record that the petitioners reached the age of superannuation and retired from service during the years 1986 to 2005. Details in this regard are contained in Annexure P -1 and relevant extract thereof, reads as under: -