Order No. 06.08.2025
03. Petitioner, a pensioner, is knocking at the doors of Writ
Court essentially grieving against recovery of a sum of
Rs.1,29,898/- on the ground that he was paid in excess of what
he was entitled to in terms of admissible pay scale.
2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits
that:
(a) No recovery could have been made after a long lapse
of time post-sanctioning of alleged wrong pay scale, especially
when the petitioner has been in the evening of his life without
considering equitous elements in the light of Apex Court
decision Jogeswar Sahoo v. The District Judge, Cuttack :