HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.13594 of 2000 ORDER: The petitioner questions the action of the respondents in not paying him subsistence allowance despite his being kept under suspension ever since 24.04.1992. The petitioner was aged 50 years at the time of filing of the writ petition and must have retired from service. The fact, however, remains that subsistence allowance is an allowance payable to an employee to subsist during the period of suspension and is a statutory requirement to be complied with under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1966 which apply to Cooperative Societies also. S r i S.Srinivas Reddy, Learned Counsel for the second respondent, would submit that the second respondent had already informed the third respondent to settle the subsistence allowance due to the petitioner, if any. I consider it appropriate, in such circumstances, to permit the petitioner to submit a representation both to respondents 2 and 3 within a period of four weeks from today. Respondents 2 and 3 shall, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the petitioner’s representation, pass a reasoned order in accordance with law and, if any subsistence allowance is due and liable to be paid to the petitioner, shall pay the said amount within four weeks thereafter. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:22.07.2010 usd