Hyderabad, Feb. 6: The AP High Court on Wednesday imposed Rs 5,000 towards costs on the accountant-general for withholding the provident fund of a retired judicial officer. A division bench comprising Justice G. Raghuram and Justice R. Subhash Reddy, allowed a writ petition filed by Mr Syed Abdullah, retired principal session judge. The bench directed that the government and the accountant-general pay allowances and other benefits due to the officer within two months.
Earlier, the in-charge chief secretary, Mr A. Ragho-thama Rao, the accountant-general, Mr Praveen Mehta the finance secretary, Ms Vasudha Mishra, and the law secretary, Mr Madan Mohan Reddy appeared before the bench and expressed regret. Mr Pandu Ranga Reddy, counsel for the general administration department, said that the government had paid Rs 6.79 lakh to the petitioner towards PF with penal interest on Tuesday.The government issued a GO on Tuesday releasing PF to retired judicial officers and staff in accordance with the directions of Supreme Court, he said
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