Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench consisting Justice Purnendu Singh allowed a writ petition that challenged the recovery of excess pension payments made to a retired Central Industrial Security Force Sub-Inspector. Following State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih, the court ruled that recovery of excess payments from Class-III employees is impermissible when the error is administrative and not due …
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Prasenjit Biswas, while deciding an appeal held that recovery of alleged excess payments made to a retired employee, without fraud or misrepresentation on their part, is impermissible. The case of Thomas Denial vs. State of Kerala was relied upon by the court, wherein the Supreme …