Civil Writ Petition No. 13292 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13292 of 2011 Date of decision:-04.08.2011 Baldev Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- None for the petitioner. Ms. Anu Pal, AAG Punjab. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Challenge is to the order passed by respondent No.4 on the direction of respondent No.3 for reducing the pay of petitioner by way of re- fixation and effecting recovery of a sum of Rs.69670/-. In pursuance to the instructions issued by the respondents in Gratuity Payment Order (Annexure P-6) no show cause notice was issued to the petitioner for effecting recovery. In view of the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Budh Ram and others versus State of Haryana and others (C.W.P. No.2799 of 2008 decided on 22.5.2009) reported as 2009 (3) PLR 511 the order dated 02.3.2009 (Annexure P-6) is set aside and a direction is being given to the respondents to refund the recovery of Rs.69670/- made from the DCRG of the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. However, liberty is granted to the respondents to verify the records and if it is Civil Writ Petition No. 13292 of 2011 -2- found that the petitioner had misrepresented the facts or played any fraud to gain monetary benefits, they are at liberty to issue show cause notice to the petitioner and make recovery thereafter. The petition is disposed of. August 04, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE