IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 15.01.2025 BHAGWATI DEVI ... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ.

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Present: Mr. Dhiraj Chawla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Tapan Kumar, DAG, Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL)

The petitioner is challenging the order dated 26.10.2017 whereby respondent No.3 has directed effecting recovery after more than four years of retirement of her husband and that too after his death and directing adjustment of the retiral benefits of the husband of the petitioner against the said recovery.

He contends that the present writ petition was earlier heard at length and vide judgment dated 08.08.2023, the same was allowed. The said order is extracted as under:

“1. Present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 26.10.2017 (Annexure P-4) by which, the order imposing recovery has been passed by the Department against the late husband of the petitioner.

2. The facts which are necessary for the determination of the issue in hand are as cited below:-

3. The husband of petitioner namely Ramkishan was working as Forest Guard with the Department of For