Smt. Shushila Devi v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
GPF unauthorised withdrawal by forgery; recovery order refund with GPF-rate interest; retiral dues not a bounty; interest from date of retirement till realization; pension cases to be decided within 90 days; Drawing and Disbursing Officers convicted under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC; High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; WPS batch 2861/2017, 8279/2023, 359/2021, 389/2021, 380/2021, 1686/2020, 395/2021, 386/2021, 793/2021; Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey; disposed 19/03/2026; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the District Education Officers and Block Education Officers to calculate the GPF amounts within 60 days and make payment within a further 60 days; interest on GPF amounts as per Rules from the date of retirement till realization; refund of amounts already recovered under the recovery orders with interest at the GPF rate; pension cases to be finally decided within 90 days; liberty to petitioners to submit documents and to the State to recover the assessed amount from the erring officers.