O R D E R (ORAL)

Per : Hon’ble Kumar Rajesh Chandra, Administrative Member

1.The applicant has approached this Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 praying for the following relief:

“(i) For quashing the order dated 04.09.2023 (wrongly typed as 04.09.2022) by which Order of Recovery of a sum of Rs. 487348/- has been passed as contained in Annexure 1 and further to refund all the recovered amount of Rs. 25,650/- which has been deducted from the salary of the applicant since September 2023 onwards as shown in Annexure-2 (i.e. pay slips).

(ii) Any other relief/ reliefs may be granted to the applicant for which he is entitled due to amended pay fixation and as your Lordships may deem fit and proper in the ends of justice.”

2. For the sake of clarity, facts in the case as stated by the applicant in the OA, are delineated herein under:-

The applicant is presently working as a Train Manager (Mail/Express) (Group-C) and is posted at Patna Junction under the Danapur Division of East Central Railway.

The applicant was initially appointed as Guard in the year 2002 after successfully qualifying