5~ IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARHAT BILASPUR W. P.(S)NO^?)| 'T' OF2010. ^ PETITIONER : ^ M. R. Gayakwad, (wrongly r ^^S6SA-<: >...-<•••^s^=^^3^- ....-"'* fv^^-: »*»* mentioned S.R. Gayakwad) S/o. Shri late Shri Bali Ram Gayakwad, aged about68years, Assistant Teacher, R/o. Village and Post Shahwada, Tahsil Charama, District Kanker (C. G.). VERSUS RESPONDENTS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through : The Secretary, School Edueation Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C. G.) 2. Divisional Joint Director, Treasury Account and Pension, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C. G. ^ 3. ' Block Education Officer, Charama, Disfric.t Kanker (C. G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA The petitionernamed above begs to submit as under:- 1; PARTICULARS OF THEPETITIONER: As grvenin theabovecausetitle. • )6 Ht(39COURTOFCHHATTISGARH:BtLASPUR PETITIONER RESPONDENTS WRmPETiTiOWrSV N0.2315 GF 2010 M.R. Gavakwad i !' ;''Versus::..' :! : :' ::: -• StetepfChhatti^arh&Ofhers (Writ Petitionunder Article226pf tlieConstiti.rtiorioflndia) Sing!eBench:Hon'blsSHnSatis!iK.^niftotri»J. Present:-ShriSomkantVemia,^vo(^le^^ ^riPX.Bhactun.l^nNl.a^erf^ L(ORAU 1. ^ i"u (Pa^ed oh tKis^^'1' ilay 6f May, 2010$ By th®.presentpetition, th®petitione'r challenges the order datect 26-8^04 (AnnexureP/1)'wherebyasumofFte.23,^7/-hasbeeri deducted from the retira! dues of the.petitioner, holding it to be exeess payment made to the petitiQner, during the coyrae of his service. ' , .::. : '::: •• • / ' ';:.•:.-..' 1 ShriVerma,learnedcoyn^iappearingforttiepetitioneFSubmitsthat the petitjoner, wprking as ^sistani Teacher^^iced?frorn"s^ on attaining the age fit^ eoui^^of setUemenS^aj'etj^^uSs,, a sum of^^^^^^^ deducted^ hc^dir^'jt^^Be^iBXgess^^^ during the course of hisservice. ^ r ^ Shri Venna further sybmits that th& issue asto whether recovery bf excess payment for n6 fault of the employee ;cari Be made without Nlowjng theprinciples6fnatyraljusti(»isnolon^r/esm<i^ra sarne has been settlett by Hon'ble^^ S deeisions^eeSyedAAd(AQa(^^dotteisv.^8lte^S ar oftere^; Thjs Coyrt, on the above Oecisions Kas passed severat orciers, direcUng refund ofth&amount, if-any, recoverey from theemplc^es,wRereth®employe weFenofcgjvenanyc^po^^ to explain about the excess paym®nt,if any, made to^l^ Verma further contends^that any recovery ftxwn retiral duescao.be mad®6nlyinc^eifthere^^ar^rnisr6presentationorta part of the emplpyee and the employee had knowledge that the 1'(2009) 3 SCC 475 1 T --2-.- paymeritwasTe^ivsd'lnexGess.^ Thi6[error, ifra^^ correct^;withina^ho sp^n<rftiniefromwron9p^ 4. LearneS coiinset appearing fdr the regponderrts does not dispyte the above submisstonLrnad? by ieamed^^^^^^ p®titioneKHowever,hesuhrnitsthatthesimilarDrdermaybepassed, subiectltovsrificationoffacts. ^ 5. This Gourt, as deeisions, time and again reiterated^ that no reeovery of e^ DavFnehtforhofaultoftteemDloveecanbeimadewithoutfollcwina theprinciplesofnatyraljusttce.TttisCoyrtinRanKAaflt^^ State offe& &otte^ and aAer eohnected matters, tlecided on 23^November,2069,observedasuriaer "19. A (^mon threaci runnjng into the abevs ; d isions''of^the Suprerrie Gcurt i&^^^^ffi recovgfy of exce^ ^yment^of emoiuments^ , allo^r^s^^ere a^three t^nditioris wHsrsin the excess F^mehtfmay be^reeoyered, namfi!y: (i) excess paymenfe:Mreis inacle^oh account^of mis preser^6tt OF fraud on the part of the^^^ employee, (ii)the employeehad knowiedg&that thepaytn9ntreceivedwas!nexcess,and^j!!)the error^scoTree^witHinashortspanbftimeof wrongpayment.:........" 6. ln view of the foigoing, tHe impugned order dated 26-8-2004 (Annexure P/1) directing recovery Rs.23,937/-on account ofexcess paymeht made fo the p^itioner, is hereby quashed. If the ameunt^ has already been recovered; the petitiQner is entjtled to the said anrount with ^ntere^ at the rate of 6% per anhum, sul^flct^^^^^ "verificaticinoffacts;^..-..'!1:'.' ' ^: :. , '. : ;1': .' •-'':!:'::' 7. However, liberty is/reseived^to the State^esp excess payraerit has beenmadeon acc(Mint ofmisrepresentatto fraud bn the part pf Ihe employee^ or the ^mployee had knoWledge thatthe paymerrt received by him orders may b6 issued ori v^rifjcatipn of the ^cfe^ after^^^a opppltunttyofhearingtothepetjtionef. 8. The fln'jt petitipn is accordingly ctisposeci of. 9. N6 order astocdsts. Gowri ^s W.P.tS) No; 3663'of 2309