Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or SL. No. Date directions and Registrar’s COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS order with Signatures WPSS/ 1491/ 2023 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Advocate for the petitioner through video conferencing.

Mr. Maneesh Bisht, Brief Holder for the State.

2. Petitioner retired from the post of Senior Assistant from Public Works Department (National Highway Division) on 31.03.2023. After his retirement, an order was passed on 23.06.2023 whereby sum of Rs. 9,28,040/- was directed to be recovered from his retiral dues. In this writ petition, petitioner has challenged said recovery order.

3. Learned State Counsel refers to para 4 of the counter affidavit, filed by Mr. Deepak Gupta, Executive Engineer of the concerned division. Stand taken by respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4 is that at the time of his promotion as Work Munshi, petitioner’s pay was wrongly fixed as Rs. 2650-65- 3500-20-4000 instead of Rs. 2610-60-315-65-3540. 4. It is further stated that petitioner joined on the promoted post of Work Munshi only on 01.03.1997, but due to mistake, he was given salary for the promoted post w.e.f. 23.12.1996.

5. It is further stated in the counter