Satbir Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Recovery of overtime allowance and bonus from salaries barred for Group 'C' employees without misrepresentation or fraud; regularized contractual Conductors; settlement 16.06.1994; instructions 28.07.1994 and 23.03.1998; earlier CWP-14370 of 1997, order dated 08.12.1997; recovery notice 14.06.2002; impugned orders 17.01.2003 (Annexure P-5) and 18.06.2007 (Annexures P-3, P-4) set aside; State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih 2015 (4) SCC 334; Thomas Daniel v. State of Kerala 2022 AIR (SC) 2153; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J.; CWP-1360-2003 (O&M); CWP-10999-2007 (O&M); decided 03.07.2025; writ petitions allowed.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions allowed; impugned recovery orders dated 17.01.2003 (Annexure P-5) in CWP-1360-2003 and dated 18.06.2007 (Annexures P-3 and P-4) in CWP-10999-2007 set aside; all pending miscellaneous applications disposed of.