^ '^ 00] Sfngle Bench IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P.fS.) N0. a>£Q>1 /2009 PETITIONER: ^ ^y ^y^ y\ \^y^ ¥.--i'SfS-yy ^^y ^••^<^-' ^^••^ Gokul Prasad Pradhan Retired Assistant Teacher S/o Shri Maheshwar Pradhan, Aged about 68 years, R/o Village Sukulbhatali Post Tadela, Block F>usour, District Raigarh (C.G.) <;<•' AE&'-" ^y' RESPONDENTS VERSUS 1. 2. 3. 4. ^ State of Chhattisgarh: Through The Secretary, School Education Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) The Joint Director Treasury Accountant and Pension Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) The Dictrict Education Officer Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) TheBlock Education Officer, Block- Pusour, District Raigarh (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT IN NATURE OF MANDAMUS CERTIORARY OR ANY OTHER WRIT OF UKE NATURE ETC. The petitioner most humbly and respectfully begs to submit as under : • ^ HIGH COURT OF CHHAmSGARi-iiaLASPUR WRIT PETITtON (S) N0.3631 OF 2008 PETmQNER Gokul Prasad Pradhan RgSPQNDENTS Veraus State of Chhattisgarh & Others OWrit petition underArttele 226 oftheConstitution of india) Singte Bench : Hon'bie Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, *). Present:- Shri D.R. Patel, counsel for the petitioner. Ms SrnKa Ghai ®B,PL for the State. ORDERfQRAL') (Passed on this Itf^ day of September, 2W9) 1. Heardlearnedcounsetfortheparties. 2. By this petition, the petitioner bnpugns the order dated 6-10-2005 (Annexure P/2) passed by the respondent No.2, whereby a sum of Rs.24,746/- has been deducted holding it to be excess payment made tothes petitioner, from his retiral dues. 3. Learned counsel appearing forthe petitioner submits at the issue asto whether recovery of excess payment can be made without foliowlng principte of natural justiee is no tonger res mt^ra, the same has been settled by the Supreme Court tn Satiib Ram v. State of Haryana and ottere ,and further followed by this Court in Vicfyadhar TM/an v. The State ofChhaWsgarh & Other^ & VKtya Shankar Tiwari v. State ofM.P, (Now State of Chhaff'sgartJ and others. !n the instant cas®,the impugned order has been passed without affording any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. 4. Leamed counsel appearing for the State doas not controvert the allegation that no opportunity of hearing was afforded before the impugned ordere were passed. However, learned counsel reiies onRuie 65 of the Chhattisgarh Civil Servioes (Pension) Ruies, 1976 (for short fhe Rules, 1976') for the purpose of recovery and adjustment of Government dues. 5. The contention of ths petitipoarthat even for exeroistng power under Rule 68 of the Rules, 1976, basic principles of natural justice and fair play in action are required to be followed. In the present ease, the State/authorities have not afforded any c4)portunity of heanng to the 11995Supp(1)SCC20 22006(1)MPHT105(CG) *2006(2)MPHT31(CG) it y a: •ssa9ssK"!'--'-S-- .L.;w^;&^"l;:;'-i": 1 aSpnf ~.^^~y u»oqiu§v'3qspes ; -/PS ^: : •s).soo o^se jepjooN •soiisnfjBjniBU yo saidrauud aseq BUJMO||O^ JSUB 'MBI 4tjM souepjooae urpssjApB 08 ti "9Z61 'ssfny si)} jo SB 9|ny ot esjnoosj S^B} 01 siuapuodssj aqi 0( uado si (! 'JSASMOH -speiu 31 (usiuAed si|i ||!( snp suiBoeq }! s(ep aq( uiojj uinuue jad %9 @ }sajs(ui 8|dijuis quM jguojfj^d 841 01 SjqeAed eq neys suiBS sqi 'AiiniejB si|( uiojj p8pnpspApB9J|B si (unoiuB piBs 94; f( •uoipnpsp AUB (not|tjM vinoufB AijniejB/siyeuaq Ajeuoisuad JTO oi psttsua si jsuojttisd sqj. •psqsenb Aqsjsq sj jsuoftitgd s^ p ssnp IBJI^J 84} uiojj -/9fr^'^z'sy p luns B Bujpnpap fe/d ajnxsuuv) 3002-Ot-S psiBp jepjo peufindun ai|i •s'! (Bxins) UBMU jei{peAp!/\ ui psssed jepjo eijt p suuai sqi ui psMO|je si uoBjisd siqi 'seiped si|t M} Buuesdde jssunoo psujBS) Aq pawiiupe se pue BuioBsjo^ p MSIA u| •jedojd pue (snf aq }ou ||IM jeuoiffisd aq} p tunouiB ^iniejB/siyeusq Aisuoisued 94( uiojf (unouie sssaxe psBs|(B 94} jo AJSAOOSJ 6u!ioaiip'36B}s siiinv •AIE|BS siij se suues 34} GUIIBSJ} A|8uipjoooB .(fasuiiti Buijsnfpe Aq pssn uaaq eivetf iqGiiu iuiq Aq peAiaosj (unouiB 8lj( pUB (|nBj }B )OU SEW ey 'jauoitiisd 84} o} speui 'AUB j! '{usuuABd asewQ sqi ieq( pjsq sey '(e/dns) t.iBMU. .levpe^piA ui 'ynoo siqj. •80UB)dSOOB SJUSIU J8UOjll}8d 91ft Wl |9sunoo paujes) sqi p uoitusiuoo aiji -spBui sq (ouueo (unouie SSSOXB Guieq (unoiue ^tnyuB aq} woj^ uoi)onpsp sij} At|M O}SB 3SBQ 314 pjewuoj tnd 01 jsuoitiisd Vft> UMOQ •9 \;