Officers. In pursuance of the G.O.Ms.No. 504, the 1st petitioner-District Collector, by proceedings dated 22.11.2001, ordered that 50% of honorarium as subsistence allowance be drawn and paid to the applicant with effect from 21.07.2001. Inasmuch as the applicant was not paid subsistence allowance during the period from 31.01.1998 to 20.07.2001, he filed C.A.No.898 of 2001 in O.A.No. 5351 of 2001, and the Tribunal, by order dated 18.03.2002, directed the petitioners herein to pay dues of subsistence allowance to the applicant during the period 31.01.1998 to 20.07.2001. However, the 2nd petitioner, by his order dated 04.08.2002, held that the applicant is not entitled to payment of subsistence allowance for the period from 31.01.1998 to 20.07.2001 prior to the amendment to Rule 47(5) of the A.P.V.A.Os. Rules. Challenging the order dated 04.08.2002, the respondent filed O.A.No.10548 of 2002 and the Tribunal, by the impugned order dated 04.12.2002, directed the petitioners to pay 50% of his salary/wages by way of honorarium for the period from 31.01.1998 to 21.07.2001 within the stipulated time of two months. Meanwhile, the Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad vide judgment dated 21.10.2002 delivered in C.C.No. 21 of 1998, found the applicant guilty of the charges framed against him and convicted him. Followed by the judgment of conviction, the Joint Collector, Anantapur District, vide proceedings dated 15.01.2003,
