N. Lincoln Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

N. Lincoln Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondents No.1 (Spl. Chief Secretary to Government, Finance Department) and No.5 (District Treasury Officer, Nizamabad) to release and pay the petitioner's admitted retirement-benefit bills - commutation Rs.10,52,106/- (Token No.2522723406) and Rs.6,03,528/- (Token No.2522723407); gratuity Rs.10,16,753/- (Token No.2522723404) and Rs.5,83,247/- (Token No.2522723405); final encashment of earned leave Rs.7,03,180/- (Token No.2522677095) - grant total Rs.39,58,814/-, expeditiously, preferably within ten (10) weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions (including the interim application under Section 151 CPC) stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of respondents No.1 and 5 in not releasing the petitioner's admitted retirement-benefit bills - commutation, gratuity and final encashment of earned leave, grant total Rs.39,58,814/- - despite finalisation of the bills and generation of IFMIS tokens was unlawful/arbitrary, warranting a writ of mandamus under Article 226 to direct release and payment.

Court's answer

Court directed respondents (Nos.1 and 5) to release and pay the petitioner's admitted bills: commutation Rs.10,52,106/- (Token No.2522723406, dt.17.09.2024) and Rs.6,03,528/- (Token No.2522723407, dt.17.09.2024); gratuity Rs.10,16,753/- (Token No.2522723404, dt.17.09.2024) and Rs.5,83,247/- (Token No.2522723405, dt.17.09.2024); final encashment of earned leave Rs.7,03,180/- (Token No.2522677095, dt.29.08.2024) - grant total Rs.39,58,814/-.

Ratio / Principle

Payment was to be made expeditiously, preferably within a period of ten (10) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

Key takeaways

There shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶36

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Pension/retirement dues - non-release of processed bills (High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, W.P. No. 11109 of 2025, decided 15/04/2025, before Hon'ble Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao). A retired School Assistant (Phy Sci), N. Lincoln, petitioned under Article 226 (invoking Articles 14, 16 and 21) against respondents No.1 (Spl. Chief Secretary to Government, Finance Department) and No.5 (District Treasury Officer, Nizamabad) for release of admitted retirement benefits already billed and tokenised in IFMIS: commutation of Rs.10,52,106/- (Token 2522723406) and Rs.6,03,528/- (Token 2522723407), gratuity of Rs.10,16,753/- (Token 2522723404) and Rs.5,83,247/- (Token 2522723405), and final encashment of earned leave of Rs.7,03,180/- (Token 2522677095) - grant total Rs.39,58,814/-. The Government Pleader conceded the bills stood processed, attributed non-release to dearth of funds, and undertook payment per seriatim of token numbers. With the consent of both sides the writ was taken up and disposed of at the admission stage: the respondents were directed to release and pay the admitted amounts expeditiously, preferably within ten (10) weeks of receipt of a copy of the order. No order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions closed. Counsel: Sri Vonjari Raja Shekar Reddy for the petitioner.

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA^{AT HYDERABAD} (Special Original J,yrisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

rnl uoruounABLE sRt JUSTtcE NAMAVARAPU Rn..lrsnwlR^Rno

WRIT PETITION NO:^'t 1109 0F 2025

Between: :

' N. Lincbln, s/o N. Yesudas, aged abor-rt 62^{years, Occ.Retired School} Assistant (Phy Sci), Govt. High School, Dubba, Nizamabad^{Fl/o H.No.6-1-} 215lA, New Bbnk Colony, Kanteshwar, Nizamabad 503 002

...PETITIONER

AND

The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Spl.^{Chief Secretaryto Government,} , Finance^{Departmgnt, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat,Hyderabad.}

The Commissioner of School Education, Telangana,^Hyderabad .

The Principal Accountant General^(A & E),^{Telangana, Hyderabad 500004}

Gazetted Head Master, Zilla Parishad High^{School, Dubba, Nizamabad,Dist.} Nizamabad, Telangana State

The District Treasury Officer, Nizamabad

(Respondents No'2 to 4 are formal parties)

...RES'.NDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of^{lndia praying that in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit^{filed therewith, the High Court may be} pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more^particularly one^{in the nature of} Writ of Mandamus declaring action of the^{respondentsNo.1 and 5 herein in not} releasing admitted Commutation Bill Amount of^{Rs.10,52,106/-vide Token} No.2522723406 Dt.17.09.2024, Commutation^{Bill Amount of Rs.6,03,5281vide} Token No.2522723407 Dt.17.O9.2024,^{Gratuity Bill amount of Rs.'10,16,7531} vide Tok6n i No.2822723404 Dt.17.09.2024, ,.-^{Gratuity Bill amountof Rs'5,83,2471} vide Token No.25227 23405^dt.17 .09.2024,^{Final Encashmentof EarnedLeave} Bill amount of Rs.7,03,180/- vide^{Token NO.2522677095 D1.29.8.2024 Grant} Total of Rs.39,58,814/-, even after^{finalisingthe bill and having generatedin}

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lntegrated Fina n,;ial Management lnformation System (l :lVlS ), rinslite of repeated requestf; as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable and v olative to Articles 14,16 and 21 of tt e cr>nstitution of lndia and consequenfly dir rct the respondent No.'l herein to r -.lears;e and pay the admitted commutatic n Bill Amount of Rs.10,52,1061'rirle l'oken No.2522123406 Dt.17.09.2024, conlmutation Biil Amount of Rs.6,0,' ,52il- vide Token No 2522723407 Dt.17.09 202rt, Gratuity Bill amount of Rs.10.16,^/,13/- vide Token No.2522123404.Dr.17 og.zo24, Gratuity Bill amount of Rs.5.83,247l- vide Token No.252272340s c)t 17.ag.2024, Final Encashment of 1,liarned Leave BiI amount of Rs.7,03,'180/- vide Token NO.252267 7 09 5 D t.2tt . 8.202 4 Gra nt Totat of Rs. 39, 58,8 1 4t.

lA NO: 1 OF 202s

p Petition und:r sl':ction 15i cpc praying that in the circumslances stated in the affidavit filec in support of the petitron, the High courr nay be pleased be to direct the respo.rderrt Nos.'1 and 5 to release the admitted con.rmutation Bill Amount of Rs.10,52,106/- vide Token No.252212340( Dt.1 7.Og.2024, commutation Birr Arrount of Rs.6,03,528/- vide Token No.2i227234o7 D1.17.09.2024, Cratu ty Bill amount of Rs.10,16,753,_ vide Token No.2522723404 Dr 17 c9.2024, Gratuity Biil amount of Rs.5.B3 247,- vide Token No.2522723405 dt.1r .09.2024, Finar Encashment of Earned Leirve EiiI amount of Rs.7,03,1'801 vide rrken No.2s226r7ogs Dt.29.8.2024 Grant rotar of Rs.39,58,8'141, perding disposal of the writ petition.

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI VONJARI RAJA SHEKAR REDE y

Counsel for the Res;pondent No.1 & 5: Gp FOR SERVTCES_il|

The Court made the, foflowing: ORDER

.' THE HON'BLE RI JUSTI CE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO

WRIT PETITIO N o.11109 oF 2025

ORDER

With the consent of both the parties, this Writ petition is taken up for disposal, at the admission stage.

Heard Mr. Vonjari Raja Shekar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Government pleader for Services-Ill for respondent Nos.1 and 5.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner retired from service on 37.07.2024 and till now, his retirement benefits were not released by the respondents. -

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Learned Government Pleader submits that the bills pertaining to the retirement benefits of the petitioner are already processed. However, due to dearth of funds, the amounts could not be released to the petitioner on time. Learned Government pleader further submits that as per seriatim of the token numbers, amounts will be released to the beneficiaries.

Having regard to the above submissions, this Writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to release and pay the admitted Commutation Bill Amount of Rs.10,52,106/- vide Token No.2522723406, dated L7.09.2024, Commutation Bill Amount of

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Rs.6,03,5281- vide Token^{No.2522723407,daterl17} 'O9'2024, Gratuity Bill Amount of^{Rs.10,16,753l-vide Token N:.2522723404,} dated 17.09,2024, Gratuity^{Bill Amount of Rs.5,83,227l- vide Token} No.2522723,105, dated 17.09.2024,^{and FinalE ncar;hmentof} Earned Letrve Bill Amount of^{Rs.7,03,180/- vi'leToken} No.2522677095, dated^{29.08.2024,GrantTotal of t'.s.39,58,814/-,} pertaining tc th€ petitioner, as expeditiously as^{possible, preferably} within a pericd c,f ten⁽¹⁰⁾ weeks^{from the date of re,ceiptof a copy} of this order Thr:re shall be^{no orderas to costs.}

Miscellane()us^{petitions pending,if any, shall st,:nd} ':losed.

SD/. L. LAKSHMI^BABU qEtruTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// '\j';;;iroN;;=;^:</sup>

To,

1 The Spl Ol-rief^{Secretary toGovernment,, firtanc<>Department'} OiS.nX;c"ct^{ar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad,Stateof Telangana'}

2 The Comn. iss^{c ner of School Education, Telangana, Hyd':rabad}

3 ThePrincipalAccountantGeneral(AandE),Telangana,llyde-abad500004

4 The Gazetted llead^{[\4aster,Zilla Parishad HighSchool, Dubba, Nizamabad'} Dist. N izanta bad,^{Telangana State}

ThG District Treasury^{Officer, Nizamabad.}

6 One CC to S[r.l^{VONJARI RAJA SHEKARREDDY,Advo';ate OPUCI}

7 Two CCs^{1o GI, FoRSERVICES-III, High Court for the litateof Telangana at} Hyderabat [OL]Tl

8 Two CD C:pies

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WP.No.11109^{of 2025}

DISPOSING^{OF THE WRIT PETITION,}

WITHOUT^COSTS

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