IN THE HIGH Court OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

224 Date of Decision: 17.09.2025 VIRENDER PAL ...Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present:- Mr. R.S. Sangwan, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Arvind Seth, Senior Panel Counsel, for the respondents-UOI.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the order dated 17.03.2021 (Annexure P-1) passed by the respondents, by which not only the pay of the petitioner has been refixed after his retirement but also an amount of Rs.1,75,274/- has also been recovered from him on the ground that his pay had been wrongly fixed @ Rs.11840/- instead of Rs.11170/- w.e.f. 01.07.2006, which led to excess payment to petitioner and that too, after his retirement from service.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even the pensionary benefits admissible to petitioner were released after a delay but the said delay has been accepted by the Tribunal and the petitioner has only been granted the benefit of interest at the rates applicable to GPF and the petitioner has come before this Court qua one grievan