The question arising in this case is whether the employer Bank can effect any recovery from the arrears of salary which became due to an employee after his retirement consequent to pay revision with retrospective effect, alleging that the employee had caused loss to the bank, even without conducting any inquiry in which he is found liable for the loss and without quantifying such liability with notice to him and also whether fine can be imposed after retirement of an employee unilaterally and adjust the said fine from the amount due to him towards arrears of salary.

2. The petitioner retired from the 1st respondent -Kerala Gramin Bank on 30.6.2014, while working as Chief Manager at Kaloor Branch, after rendering 37 years of service. He was paid the terminal benefits on 30.6.2014. While so in August 2015 revision of pay was effected for the employees of the Regional Rural Banks with retrospective effect from 01.11.2012. Petitioner submitted several representations requesting for disbursement of the benefits on account of the pay revision. In reply to one of his representations, the 1st respondent, as per Ext.P3 letter, informed him on 30.01.2017 that a sum of Rs.2,19,335.02