Interim monetary relief in a pending writ petition was improper where the underlying entitlement still required final adjudication.

An interim direction requiring payment pending disposal of a writ petition was held inappropriate where the underlying entitlement to additional cash compensatory support still required final adjudication. The Court declined to examine the merits of the substantive dispute at the interim stage and treated monetary payment by way of interim relief as unwarranted on the facts before it. The interim order was therefore set aside, and the appeal was allowed.

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Issues: Whether the interim order directing payment of Rs. 99.50 lakhs to the respondent pending disposal of the writ petition was liable to be set aside.

Analysis: The appeal arose from an interim direction in a pending writ petition concerning entitlement to additional cash compensatory support. The Court declined to examine the merits of the underlying dispute and found it inappropriate for the High Court to have ordered payment by way of interim relief when the controversy still required final adjudication.

Conclusion: The interim order was set aside and the appeal was allowed.

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