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(b) Direct the Respondent No. 1to make the payment of PRP to the petitioner for the years 2009 to 2012 along with interest...."

2. Legal heirs of the petitioner are present in Court. On instructions of the legal heirs, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that at this stage, he is not pressing prayer (b) of the petition and prays for leave for the legal heirs of the petitioner to approach the concerned authority of the respondent no. 1 by way of filing a detailed representationseeking Performance Related Pay (hereinafter "PRP") in favour of the petitioner/hislegal heirs. It is also prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned authority to decide the representation of legal heirs of the petitioner within prescribed period.

2 vide its letter dated 24th June 2011, stated that the scheme of PLI had been discontinued from the year 2009-10 and in its place PRP had been introduced. The petitioner approached the concerned authority of the respondent no. 1 for examination of his request for payment of PRP, however, the same remained pending for more than 9 months.

5. It is submitted that ultimately, the petitioner got relieved from the services of respondent no. 1 on expiry of the deputation period and joined the respondent no. 2, his parent organisation, where he was informed about the calculation method of PRP for the year 2010-11, and the petitioner thereafter made a representation for payment of PRP for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 as conveyed to him by the respondent no. 2. Yet instead of granting the same, the respondent no. 1 issued the letter dated 28th June 2012 to the Senior Manager (HR) HUDCO for recovery of the amount paid as in the year 2008-09 and further asked him not to release the PRP in favour of the petitioner for the years 2009-10. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned letter seeking recovery of the PLI paid and barring the release of PRP for subsequent years was not in accordance with law and hence, the same is liable to be set aside.