IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

255 CWP-4949-2023 (O&M)

Date of decision: 13.10.2025 Bala Devi ....Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam through its Managing Director and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ashok K. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Nihar Bala, Advocate for Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate for the respondents.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the impugned demand notice-cum-recovery order dated 16.09.2022 (Annexure P-2) whereby an amount of Rs.3,16,694/- has been ordered to be recovered from the petitioner on account of excess payment of pension w.e.f. 01.01.2016 to 14.08.2022 onwards. Further prayer has been made to stay the operation of the impugned demand notice-cum-recovery order dated 16.09.2022 (Annexure P-2) vide which recovery of Rs.4,353/- per month (monthly installment) has been ordered. Another prayer has been made to refund the already recovered amount (from November, 2022) with interest @

18% p.a. deducted from the