IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

273 CWP-32661-2024 Date of Decision: November 04, 2025 Sajjan Kumar Goyal .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate with Mr. Mayank Garg and Mr. Navjeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Arun Singla, AAG, Haryana.

Ms. Navya Jindal, Advocate for Mr. Prince Singh, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 16.11.2022 (Annexure P-4) which upheld the recovery of an amount of ₹6,63,688/- from the petitioner's pension with further directions to pay the recovered amount to the petitioner with interest @ 12% p.a.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. Briefly stated, the facts are that the petitioner retired from the post of Executive Officer from the Municipal Council, Kaithal (Respondent No. 3) on attaining the age of superannuation on 29.02.2016. Upon retirement, the petitioner was issued a Pension Payment