Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 498 · Decided 2 May 2022
Thomas Daniel v. State of Kerala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 498 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 606
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7115/2010
- Decided
- 2 May 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
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 - 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 -
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