Supreme Court of India
Thomas Daniel v. State of Kerala and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that an attempt to recover the said increments after passage of ten years of his retirement is unjustified. (16) In the result, the appeal succeeds and is accordingly allowed.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Service Law: Retirement – Excess payment made to employees by error, recovery of – On facts, recovery of increments granted to the employee while in service almost ten years after his retirement on the ground that the said increments were granted on account of an error – Justification of – Held: If the excess amount was not paid on account of any misrepresentation or fraud of the employee or paid by applying wrong principle for calculating the pay/ allowance or interpretation of rule/order which is subsequently found to be erroneous, such excess payment made are not recoverable – Relief…
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- 2024 Jagdish Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar and Others
- 2025 Jogeswar Sahoo & Ors. v. The District Judge, Cuttack & Ors.
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