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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR
VIVEK JAIN
Jainab Khatoon – Appellant
Versus
State of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioner is widow of a deceased ministerial employee of the police force and she challenges the Order of recovery issued after death of the deceased employee who was working as Sub Inspector (Ministerial) in the M.P. Police Force. The recovery has been ordered vide Order dated 25.3.2021 whereas the husband of the petitioner expired on 04.02.2021 after his retirement in the year 2007 and recovery is not only after death of deceased Class III employee, but as many as 14 years after his death. The recovery includes Rs.3,42,443/- as principal amount and Rs.4,09,882/- as interest.
2. It is contended that initially various other Ministerial employees had filed writ petitions before this court and recovery ordered from the similarly situated employees was set aside only as to the interest part and not for the principal part. Thereafter in various other cases, the Coordinate Benches of this Court have set aside the recovery from Ministerial employees of the police for the principal part also even after considering the affect of judgment of the Supreme Court in case of S.H. Baig and Others Vs. State of M.P. and Others (Civil Appeal No. 9888-9899 of 2018). This was ordered in
Recovery of excess payments from retired employees is impermissible due to hardship, and cannot be enforced when the employee is not responsible for erroneous salary fixation.
Recovery from retired employees for excess payments is impermissible, especially regarding interest, as it imposes undue hardship and lacks lawful justification when errors are not the employees' res....
Recovery of excess payments from retired employees is impermissible, considering hardships and the principles established in relevant precedents.
Recoveries from retired employees for excess payments are generally impermissible, especially where undue hardship is evident, as established by prior judgments.
Retired employees cannot be subjected to recovery of excess payments made due to erroneous salary fixation, considering hardship and the nature of undertaken indemnity bonds.
Recovery of excess payments from retired employees is impermissible under certain conditions, particularly relating to Class III and IV service classifications and time limits for recovery.
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