Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Ajit Kumar, J.), WRIT - A No. 1928 of 2025, Order Date 24.3.2025, Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:43166. Challenge under Article 226 to recovery of commutation amount from pension in installments despite rules permitting deductions for 15 years; dismissed following Ashok Kumar Agarwal v. Union of India (DB) and Radheshyam Shukla v. State of U.P. Keywords: commutation amount, pension recovery, installments, res integra, Article 226.
What did the court decide?
The controversy is covered by the Division Bench judgment in Ashok Kumar Agarwal v. Union of India and the coordinate Bench judgment in Radheshyam Shukla v. State of U.P.; counsel for the petitioner could not dispute the position, could not show the judgments distinguishable on law or facts, and placed no Supreme Court judgment to show they are not binding judicial precedents.