Valandikar Mallikarjun v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; writ petition; deduction/recovery from pension; pension payment order; representation for reduction of deduction period (11 years to 05 years 3 months) not considered; writ of mandamus; direction to consider representation within eight weeks; interim bar on recovery proceedings; First Division Assistant; District Treasury; coordinate-bench orders relied upon (Dharwad bench; Principal bench Bengaluru). Source text corrupted; identifying metadata (case number, party names, dates, coram) unavailable.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed: writ of mandamus directing the respondent authority to consider the petitioner's representation (Annexure-A) and pass suitable orders within eight weeks of receipt of a copy of the order; no recovery proceedings to be initiated until such consideration, with liberty to the petitioner to produce additional material before the concerned authorities.