Interim stay extension and coercive recovery protection were kept in abeyance pending consideration of the applications.

Interim stay granted by the Division Bench was sought to be extended pending hearing of the appeals, and the question was whether coercive recovery should remain suspended while the extension applications were considered. The hearing on the extension applications was adjourned, and the departmental authorities were directed not to take coercive recovery action during the pendency of those applications.

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Issues: Whether the interim stay earlier granted by the Division Bench should be extended pending hearing of the appeals, and whether coercive recovery should remain in abeyance during consideration of the extension applications.

Outcome: The hearing on the extension applications was adjourned, and the departmental authorities were directed not to take coercive recovery action during the pendency of those applications.

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