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recovery from retired employees

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Recovery from Retired Employees After One Year Violates Natural Justice & State Circulars : MP HC Quashes Rs. 80,463 Deduction
Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court

Recovery from Retired Employees After One Year Violates Natural Justice & State Circulars : MP HC Quashes Rs. 80,463 Deduction

Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that recovery from retired employees beyond one year of retirement is illegal, relying on Supreme Court precedent in State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih and state circulars. The court quashed an Rs. 80,463 deduction from a retired employee's leave encashment, reinforcing that post-retirement recoveries without prior notice violate principles of natural justice and state policy.

DoPT Guidelines | Recovery from Retired Group-D Employee’s DCRG Impermissible Without Pre-Retirement Scrutiny: CAT Patna
Case Law Analysis
|Central Administrative Tribunal

DoPT Guidelines | Recovery from Retired Group-D Employee’s DCRG Impermissible Without Pre-Retirement Scrutiny: CAT Patna

CAT Patna quashed the recovery of Rs. 1,62,473 from a retired Group-D employee’s DCRG, ruling that pre-retirement pay fixation errors cannot be rectified post-retirement without following DoPT O.M. dated 02.03.2016. The tribunal emphasized that recoveries from pensionary benefits violate natural justice and statutory protections for retired employees.

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