GUWAHATI, India, Sept. 24 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Aug. 25:
1. Invoking the extraordinary, discretionary and equitable jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has instituted the instant writ petition seeking inter-alia a direction to the respondent Assam Power Distribution Company Limited [APDCL] to make payment of an amount of Rs. 1,58,760/-, which amount, according to the petitioner, was arbitrarily deducted from the retirement gratuity of the petitioner after his retirement from service on superannuation on 01.01.2014.
2. The petitioner joined service in the erstwhile Assam State Electricity Board [ASEB] and after trifurcation of the ASEB, pursuant to the Elec...