RANCHI, India, May 7 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 6:

1. The instant application has been preferred by the petitioner for the following relief:-

(A) For quashing the letter bearing reference no.VBU/PEN/R/274/2021 dated 30.1.2021 issued by the Registrar, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag (respondent no.2) whereby the petitioner has been asked to deposit Rs.1,70,000/- within 15 days, which he has received as excess payment and advance against salary during his service period and deduction of the same could not be made and further he has been informed that from the month of January 50% amount from the pension of the petitioner is with (as contained in deducted being immediate effect, Annexure-3 to this writ application)

(B) For holding and declaring that the action of the respondents asking the petitioner to deposit the aforesaid amount of Rs. 1,70,000/- and start deducting 50% amount monthly pension from the petitioner with of immediate effect the is wholly illegal, arbitrary and against the law.

(C) For direction upon the respondents to refund the amount deducted from the pension of the petitioner and go on making payment of pension to the petitioner without making any deduction and further direct the respondents to finalise pay fixation of the petitioner in revised pay scale at the earliest and make payment of the pension of the petitioner in the revised pay scale for which the petitioner is legally entitled as per the law.

2. Mr. Afaque Ahmad, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that during pendency of this writ petition, a consequential order rejecting the claim of the petitioner with regard to fixation of pension has been passed, as such he submits that the instant writ application may be disposed of by giving liberty to the petitioner to challenge the aforesaid order along with prayer made in this writ application.

3. There is no objection from the respondents.

4. Accordingly, the instant writ application stands disposed of with the liberty as prayed for.

Pending I.A.s if any, also closed.

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