Vijay Lal Paikara v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
GPF withdrawal recovery order quashed-in-effect and refund with interest; retired government servants Chhattisgarh; pension and pensionary benefits not a bounty; retiral dues payable immediately after retirement; interest from date of retirement till realization; forgery of signatures by Drawing and Disbursing Officers and Accountants; conviction under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC; Accountant General recovery orders; directions to District Education Officer and Block Education Officer to calculate and pay GPF within 60+60 days; refund of amounts recovered from GPF accounts and salaries with GPF-rate interest; pension cases to be decided within 90 days; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; WPS batch disposed of by Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J.; keywords: GPF, provident fund, recovery, retiral dues, pension, interest, erring officers, Balodabazar.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the concerned District Education Officers and Block Education Officers to calculate GPF amounts within 60 days and make payment within a further 60 days; interest on GPF amounts as per Rules from date of retirement till realization; refund of amounts already recovered from GPF accounts and salaries with interest at the GPF rate; respondent authorities to finally decide pension cases within 90 days; petitioners at liberty to submit relevant documents before the concerned DEO and BEO; State at liberty to recover the assessed amount from the erring officers.