ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY
Girindra Kumar S/o Late Rambriksha – Appellant
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State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY, J.
1. Learned counsel for the parties are present.
2. This writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:
3. Learned coun
The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement to adhere to principles of natural justice and fair play, particularly in the context of pension revision and recovery, as manda....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that reducing pension and ordering recovery without following principles of natural justice is illegal and arbitrary.
Administrative orders reducing pay must provide hearing opportunity per natural justice principles.
Pension is a right of an employee and cannot be withheld without a proper inquiry and findings of misconduct; mere allegations or pending criminal cases are insufficient grounds for such action.
Authority cannot invoke pension reduction after full pension has been sanctioned; revisional powers are reserved for the State Government under Rule 139(c) of Jharkhand Pension Rules.
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