1 WP-8351-10.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8351 OF 2010 Prithviraj K. Chavan ..Petitioner Vs The Principal Secretary, (Home Department) & ors. ..Respondents -- Mr.Satyajeet Dighe, for petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, AGP for respondents. -- CORAM : D.K.DESHMUKH & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE : 28 th JULY, 2011 P.C: Heard. The short question is whether the petitioner is entitled to House Rent Allowance for the period June 2008 to December 2008. By the communication impugned in this petition, the State Government has declined to pay House Rent Allowance to the petitioner for the aforesaid period on the ground that during that period, he was occupying accommodation at Bhandara. But it is a common ground before us that the accommodation which the 2 WP-8351-10.odt petitioner was occupying at Bhandara was not a rent free accommodation and that the petitioner was paying rent for that accommodation. If that is so, in our opinion, there is no reason why the petitioner would not be entitled to payment of House Rent Allowance in accordance with his conditions of service. In this view of the matter, therefore, we see no reason to deny payment of House Rent Allowance to the petitioner for the aforesaid period. 2] Rule in the petition is accordingly made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (b) and (c). There shall be no order as to the costs. [R.G.KETKAR, J.] [D.K.DESHMUKH, J.]