ORDER :

On 30.11.2015, the respondents issued an order for recovery of amount from the salary of the petitioner on account of alleged wrong fixation of his pay for the period 1.1.1996 to 30.11.2015. This order was followed by a notice dated 07.12.2015 informing the petitioner that Rs.218067/- is to be recovered from him in compliance to office order dated 30.11.2015. These actions of the respondents have compelled the petitioner to institute the present petition seeking quashing of recovery order as well as the notice.

2. On hearing learned counsel for the parties and after considering the material available on record, the following factual position of the case emerges:-

2(i) The petitioner was initially appointed against the post of Junior Basic Trained Teacher (JBT) on ad-hoc basis. He joined as such on 26.09.1989 in the pay scale of Rs.1200-2100 fixed at Rs.1200/-. His services were regularized as JBT on 06.10.1993. He was promoted to the post of Language Teacher on 17.02.2000. The pay-scale was revised w.e.f. 1.1.1996 and the existing old scale of 1.1.1986 was accordingly revised. Petitioner’s pay scale was also revised from Rs.1200-2100 to Rs.4550-7220. Petitioner was granted bun