#civil services pension

Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that recovery of Rs. 1,56,086 from a retired employee's gratuity violates the Supreme Court's Rafiq Masih judgment and state circulars mandating finalization of pension cases before retirement. The court emphasized that post-retirement recoveries without prior notice or hearing breach principles of natural justice and administrative law.

MP High Court rules that provisional pension under amended Rule 64 of the M.P. Civil Services Pension Rules, 1976, must be granted immediately, irrespective of ongoing departmental or judicial proceedings. The judgment reinforces a statutory right, preventing administrative delays in pension disbursal for retired government servants.

Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that pending departmental proceedings cannot justify denial of provisional gratuity under Rule 64 of M.P. Civil Services Pension Rules, 1976.