R.Vani Chakra Kumari v. The State of Telangana,

Court: High Court for State of Telangana

Bench: K. SARATH

Judgment date: 2026-04-22

Case summary

High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-22. R.Vani Chakra Kumari v. The State of Telangana,. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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[ 33021 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA -" AT HYDERABAD (Speciat Originat Jurisdiction) WEDNES-DAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL , . ' ,. ,. TWo THoUSAND AND rwer. rrV sri PRESENT THE HONOURABLE I SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH I WRIT PETITION NO: 124640F 2026 Between: I l R. Vani Chakra Kum J. Uma Maheswara Rao, Age 62 years, LFL Head Master, "i. W9, Retired Ryo H. No8-432, Oit Bunk nr""] Cr,",iJ,-'iif,rir"ir, Kothagudem District .. PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, OV its principal l"p -riLnlJn" Secretary to Government, Dr'B'RAmbedkr, state Secretariat, ['ffJr:? "0'"'"n'"nt' 2- The Commissioner of School Education, Telangana State, Hyderabad. 3. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Telangana, Hyderabad. O Treasury Officer, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Bhadradri Kothagudem l[:r:y", 5. The Sub Treasury Officer, Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District. ..

RESPONDENTS Petition under y'trticle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired therewith, the High court may be preased to issue a writ order or direction especially one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring that. a)the action of the Respondents in not making payment of terminar benefits to the pdtitioner in pursuance of refter/ proceedings issued by the principar Accountant Generar (A&E), Hvderabad in Lr. No. AG(A & E)t p14t t ti_tso t sptlilt 2025-05/959 dated 05. 06. 2025 is iregar, arbitrary and discriminatory, viorating Articre 14' 16 and 300-4 of the constitution of rndia. b)further decrare that, the Respondents shalr fo(hwith rerease a, terminar benefits payabre to the petitioner incruding Death-cum-Retirement, Gratuity, Commutation of Pension, General Provident Fund amount and encashment of Earned Leave and Earned Leave amount and other benefits in pursuance of his retirement dated 30. 04.

2025 and the proceedings in Lr. No. AG(A&E)/P14ll/V-130/SP17112025-OSl959 dated 05. 06. 2025 of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Hyderabad viz. , an amount of Rs. 16,00,0001 sanctioned towards retirement gratuity viz. , Rs. 1,28,6121 sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840206 dated 22. 07. 2O25 and Rs. 14,71,368^ sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840196 dated 22. 07. 2025 respectively, further an amount of Rs. 25,95,5231 sanctioned towards Commutation Value of Pension viz. , Rs. 2,08,667/- sanctioned vide Token No. 26OO840222 daled 22. 07. 2025 and Rs. 23,86,856/-sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840181 dated 22. O1 . 2025 respectively, the Service Pension of the Petitioner was fixed as Rs. 66,815/-, Final Encashment of Leave amount of Rs. 11,45,009/- sanctioned vide Token No. 2602336189 dated 10. 12. 2025, cPF amount of Rs. 53,80,673lsanctioned vide Token No. 26032930'19 sanctioned from February 2026, GIS amount Rs. 92,8401 sanctioned and Pension Arrears amount of Rs.

1,79,2091 sanctioned on 30. 06. 2025. c)the Respondents have no right or power to withhold the terminal benefits payable to the Petitioner after his retirement. 1. A. NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section '151 CPC pralng that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to forthwith release all the terminal benefits payable to the Petitioner in pursuance of the Lr. No. AG( &Ey P14l I A/- 130/SP171 |2O2S-OS|9S9 dated 05. 06. 2025 of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Hyderabad viz,, an amount of Rs. 16,00,0001 sanctioned towards retirement gratuity viz. , Rs. 1,28,6121-sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840206 daled 22. 07. 2025 and Rs. 14,7'1,368/-sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840196 dated 22. 07. 2025 respectively, further an amounl of Rs. 25,95,523/- sanctioned towards Commutation Value of Pension viz. , Rs. 2,08,6671 sanctioned vide Token No. 2600840222 dated 22. 07. 2025 and Rs.

23,86,856lsanctioned vide Token No. 2600840181 dated 22. 01 . 2025 respectively, the Service Pension of the Petitioner was fixed as Rs. 66,B'15/-, Final Encashment of Leave amount of Rs. 11,45,0091 sanctioned vide Token No. 2602336'189 dated 10. 12. 2025, GpF amount of Rs. 53,g0,673/- sanctioned vide Token No. 2603293019 sanctioned from February 2026, GIS amount Rs. 92,840/-sanctioned pension and Arrears amount of Rs. 1,79,20gl_ sanctioned on 30. 06. 2025 pending disposal of the Writ petition. Counset for the petitioner: SRt G. MALLIKARJUNA SARMA Counset for the Respondents: AGp FOR SERVICES ill The Cou( made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF. TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JT/STICE K. SARATH WRIT PET TTION No. 1 246 4of 2o. 26 Date:22. 04. 2Cl26 Between: R. Vani Chakra Kumari ... Petitioner AND The State of Telzrngana, ov its Principal L. p ro Government, ri tnance Department T::",3* a_nd olhers ... Respondents OR D ER: Heard Sri G.

Mallikarjuna Sarma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government pleader for Services-III appearing for the respondents and perused the materia_l on record With their consent, this Writ petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admissron itself. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner illed the instant Writ petition questioning the action of the respondents in not releasing the petitioner,s retiral t I benefits, despite token numbers having already been raised by the respondent authorities for payment of the amounts payable to the petitioner. 3. l,earned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the lis raised in the present Writ Petition has already been adjudicated by the Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No. 23 138 of 2025, which was disposed of uide order dated O3. O9. 2O25, and thus prayed to pass a similar order in the present Writ Petition also. 4.

Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-lll did not dispute the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner with regard to the disposal of W. P. No. 23i38 of 2025 dated 03. O9. 2025 and submits that the respondents will release the amounts on a priority basis of the token numbers and prayed this Court to pass appropriate orders. 5. Having regard to the above made submissions and for the reasons alike in the order dated 03. 09. 2025 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No. 23 138 of 2025, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to ensure that the entire amount payable to the petitioner is released as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six (6) weeks lrom today, failing which, the entire amount with regard to the retiral benefits shall carry interest at the rate of ro%o per annum, from the date the amount fell due, till the actual date of its payment.

Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this Writ Petition, sha,ll stand closed. There sha-ll be no order as to costs. Sd/. L. VIJAYA LAXMI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Principal secretary to cou"rn,S/t, Finance Department, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretdriat, Hyderabad. 2. The Commissioner of School Education, Telangana State, Hyderabad. 3. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Telangana, Hyderabad. 4. The District Treasury Officer, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Bhadradri Kothagudem District. 5. The Sub Treasury Offlcer, Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District. 6. One CC to SRI G MALLIKARJUNA SARMA, Advocate [OPUC] 7. Two CCs to GP FOR SERVICES lll, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] 8. Two CD Copies PMK q* HIGH COURT CC TODAY DATED: 2210412026 1HE SIE a\R t o ORDER i) 7112fi 0 t [lAY (. . i WP. No. 12464 of 2026 '+. t{t f".. ,.. urn)/ -{1,;r : . : . : . r;-'- DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS ,> co$ q.

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