17.07.2026 253 sdas WPA 14070 of 2026 Shalendra Singh @ Shailendra Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors. Mr. Chirantan Sarkar Mr. Subhrajyoti Datta .….. for the petitioner Ms. Rashmi Bothra Ms. Mary Datta ……for the UOI 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. The petitioner had joined as a constable of the Border Security Force, at its campus in Jharkhand. During the course of his service he had suffered an injury on account of extremist military attack and had suffered a disability. The nature of the petitioner’s disability is classified as a locomotive disability. 3. Pursuant to such disability, the petitioner was removed from active service and has been discharging his service as a typist between the years of 1992 to 1999. Sometime in the year 2000, service of the petitioner was terminated by way of a compulsory retirement, on the ground that he was suffering from 100% disability and would not be able to discharge any function. He had challenged such termination of 2 service, which was subsequently allowed, on account whereof the petitioner was reinstated into service sometime in the year, 2014. 4. He has been rendering uninterrupted service from 2014 till his superannuation on November 30, 2025. 5. Upon retirement of the petitioner, a substantial sum of money had been deducted from his dues and he prayed for refund of the said amount, which has not yet been considered. In fact, the deduction has been ascribed to extraordinary leave (in short “EOL”) which has been wrongly typed in the letter of the authorities dated February 6, 2009, as “POL”. 6. As clarified by Ms. Bothra, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the Union of India, there is no such leave as “POL” and the same should be read as “EOL”. 7. The petitioner’s representation dated May 22, 2026 to the respondent no. 4 has not yet been considered by the authorities. 8. Respondent no. 4 is directed to consider such representation upon giving the petitioner a hearing by August 15, 2026 and the resultant reasoned order shall be communicated to the petitioner by August 31, 2026. 9. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 10. There will be no order as to costs. 3 11. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)