IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11872 of 1991(O&M) Date of decision:22.07.2011 Ram Asra Garg, Senior Desk Assistant, Punjab Civil Secretariat, resident of House No.1513, Sector 22-B, Chandigarh. ...Petitioner versus The State of Punjab, through the Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab, Chandigarh and another. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. N.S.Pawar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner has sought for quashing of the order issued on 10.07.1991 for recovery of excess amount paid to him from his salary at Rs.700 per month during 22.08.1987 to 30.04.1990. The plea of the petitioner in the writ petition is that Drawing & Disbursing Officer was not competent to reject the claim of the Government employee in case of dispute concerning HRA. The demand for refund was raised only on the ground that the petitioner had by fraud, suppressed the fact that the wife Civil Writ Petition No.11872 of 1991(O&M) - 2 - of the petitioner was working in State Bank of Patiala and she was also drawing HRA from her employer. 2. Counsel for the State is present and ready. There is no representation for the petitioner. The petition is dismissed for default for non-appearance. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 22.07.2011 sanjeev