Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 88 · Decided 1 February 2018
WG CDR. Ashwini Kumar Handa (RETD.) v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 88 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 873
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1491/2018
- Decided
- 1 February 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- RTI Act
Headnote
Service Law: Refund of pay and allowances - Propriety of - Study leave granted to appellant in terms of Army Instructions 13/78 - Submitted Service Guarantee Certificate whereby, he was liable to serve for nine years from the date of return from study leave - Appellant, on for 6 years and 8 months was permitted to retire prematurely - Pay and allowances paid during study leave were deducted from his post retirement dues on the ground that he committed breach of contract by not serving for nine years - Order of recovery challenged - Armed Forces
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