IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN st ON THE 21 OF JULY, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 26425 of 2021 RAM SAROVAR SONI Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Gaurav Maheshwari - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Mohan Sousakar Government Advocate for the respondent-State.

ORDER The petitioner is a retired class-III employee who held the post of Assistant Grade-II at the time of retirement. He retired on 29.10.2020 and upon retirement when PPO was issued to him then an amount of Rs. 5,02,982/- was intimated in the said PPO as recoverable amount from the petitioner.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that he is a retired class-III employee and recovery cannot be made from him after retirement once the erroneous payment was made without there being any act of suppression or mis-

representation on the part of the petitioner, nor any undertaking.

3. Per contra, the respondents have filed reply and in the reply it is contended that recovery is on account of erroneous grant of second kramonnati/ financial upgradation to the petitioner. However, the respondents have not come out with any fact regarding the said erroneous Signat