In Brief
A government employee promoted to Assistant District Supply Officer in 1991 with a revised pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 received a recovery notice eight years after retirement in 2009, demanding repayment of Rs.63,765 as allegedly paid in excess. The State claimed the promotion should have ended by 31st December 1995 under a 1999 Government Resolution. The Supreme Court held the promotion was protected under the Resolution as it preceded the cut-off date. The Court quashed the recovery order as violating natural justice (no show-cause notice), being retrospectively applied after long duration, and constituting punitive action post-retirement. The employee was entitled to restore the pension at the higher pay scale with reimbursement if reduction had occurred.
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