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N.Sellarani v. The Accountant General

2026-02-23Honourable Mr Justice B.Pugalendhi5 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 23.02.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI WP(MD)No.4873 of 2026 and WMP(MD)No.4098 of 2026 N.Sellarani ... Petitioner Vs

1. The Accountant General, (Accounts and Entitlement), Office of the Accountant General (A and E), Tamil Nadu, 361 Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai 18.

2. The Treasury Officer, Office of the District Treasury Officer, Madurai.

3. The Sub Treasury Officer, Office of the Sub Treasury Officer, Usilampatti, Madurai.

... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order issued by the 2nd respondent in 1/5

his proceedings in Office Letter No. 2325449/2026/G1 dated 06.01.2026 and to quash the same as illegal and consequently, direct the respondents to refund the recovered pension along with the interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of recovery until the date of actual payment. For Petitioner : M/s.P.Jessi Jeeva Priya For R1 : Mr.P.Gunasekaran, Standing Counsel For R2 : Mr.C.Venkatesh Kumar, Special Government Pleader

ORDER

The petitioner is a pensioner and she was provided a monthly pension of Rs.28,050/-, however, it was reduced to Rs.26,230/-. Therefore, she has verified the reasons for reduction of the pension, under the Right to Information Act and she is informed that there was an audit objection and based on the audit objection, the pension has been revised from Rs.28,050/- to Rs.26,230/-. As against the communication provided under the Right to Information Act, the petitioner has filed this writ petition.

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2. The learned counsel appearing for the respondents submit that the order impugned in this writ petition is only the information provided under the Right to Information Act and therefore, this writ petition cannot be maintained.

3. The petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that her monthly pension was reduced from Rs.28,050/- to Rs.26,230/-as per the audit objection. However, she was not provided with an opportunity of hearing and no order has been passed enabling her to question the same. Therefore, she appears to have applied under the Right to Information Act and with the information provided to her, this writ petition has been filed.

4. This Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition based on the information provided under the Right to Information Act. However, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to provide a copy of the audit objection and the order passed by the concerned authority for reduction of pension provided to the petitioner. 3/5

Let this communication be provided to the petitioner within a period of two weeks enabling her to workout her remedy in the manner known to law. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

23.02.2026 ogy Index : Yes / No.

Internet: Yes / No.

NCC : Yes / No.

To

1. The Accountant General, (Accounts and Entitlement), Office of the Accountant General (A and E), Tamil Nadu, 361 Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai 18.

2. The Treasury Officer, Office of the District Treasury Officer, Madurai.

3. The Sub Treasury Officer, Office of the Sub Treasury Officer, Usilampatti, Madurai.

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B.PUGALENDHI, J.

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