Lairikyengbam Thanil Singh v. State Of Manipur And Anr
Court: High Court of Manipur
Bench: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GUNESHWAR SHARMA
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Case summary
High Court of Manipur judgment dated 2024-09-18. Lairikyengbam Thanil Singh v. State Of Manipur And Anr. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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Digitally signed by JOHN TELEN JOHN TELEN KOM Date: 2024. 09. 19 KOM 15:58:49 +05'30' Item No. 60 IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL WP(C)No. 339 of 2024 Shri Lairikyengbam Thanil Singh, aged about 67 years, S/o (Late) L. Bidhi Singh, resident of Nagamapa Singjubung Leirak, PO Imphal PS Imphal, Imphal West District, Manipur-795001. …Petitioner - Versus- The State of Manipur represented by the Commissioner/Secretary PHED, Government of Manipur, PO & PS Imphal, Imphal West District, Manipur-795001(Secretariat New Building) & Anr. …Respondents BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A. GUNESHWAR SHARMA O R D E R 18. 09. 2024. [1] Present Mr. TH. Kunjaraj, learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner and Mrs. RK Emily, learned Deputy GA on behalf of the State respondents. [2] The petitioner is retired Section Officer Grade-I from the PHED, Govt. of Manipur approached this Court for directing the respondents to refund a sum of Rs.
2,20,067(Rupees two lakhs twenty Thousand and sixty seven) deducted from the gratuity account. In this respect, the petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 04. 03. 2024 to the Commissioner/Secretary(PHED), Government of Manipur and the Chief Engineer, PHED Government of Manipur at Khuyathong, PWD and it is stated that the representation dated 04. 03. 2024 is still pending with the State authority. [3] Mr. TH. Kunjaraj, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the writ petition may be disposed of at this stage by issuing a direction to the respondents to dispose of the representation dated 04. 03. 2024 submitted by the petitioner by issuing innocuous order within a stipulated period of time. [4] Mrs. CH. Sundari, learned GA on behalf of the State respondents has no objection in passing innocuous order as prayed for by the petitioner.
[5] Recording the submissions made at the bar, writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondents to dispose of the representation dated 04. 03. 2024 submitted by the petitioner for refunding of the amount of Rs. 2,20,067(Rupees two lakhs twenty Thousand and sixty seven) deducted from the gratuity account by a speaking order as per rule within a period of two months from the date receipt of copy of this order. [6] With the above observation, the present writ petition is disposed of. [7] It is made clear that this Court does not express any opinion on the merit of the case. JUDGE John Kom
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