Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. & Anr vs Bpl Mobile Cellular Ltd. & Ors on 14 May, 2008
5 Considering the submissions made by the learned
advocates, as far as the first issue with regard to the
legality of the recovery order dated 01.04.2021 is
concerned, perusal of the impugned order indicates that
reference is made to a communication dated 19.03.2015,
letter dated 16.08.2019 and letter dated 18.07.2020. As
far as the communication dated 19.03.2015 is
concerned, the same has been stayed by this Court vide
order dated 15.04.2015 in Special Civil Application No.
6549 of 2015. The other communications of 2019 and
2020 indicated that recovery proceedings are to be
initiated in respect of those lecturers to whom the
benefits of the 6th Pay Commission had been granted
without approval of the State Government. Such
lecturers have not initiated any legal proceedings in the
Court of Law. What is evident on reading the order of
recovery is that it seeks to recover the benefits granted
to the petitioner of the 6th Pay Commission which the
petitioner has earned for having worked for a period
from 01.01.2006 to 2009. Independent of the
communications referred to in the impugned order, even
if the stand of the respondents is accepted that they were
paid erroneously for which reliance has been placed on
a communication dated 20.07.2019 and February 2015,
what is evident is that, in case of the petitioner the
payscales were granted and the same was verified by
the verification authorities as is evident from the pay
verification communication dated 27.05.2011
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(Annexure'E', page 32 of the petition). Therefore, apart
from the recovery being grossly belated and initiated
after more than 12 years after the petitioner had secured
such benefits, even if it is a mistake, the same cannot be
corrected after such a long time. The order, therefore,
on this count also needs to be quashed and set aside.
The judgement in the case of Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited vs. BPL Cellular Ltd., is not applicable as
discussed hereinabove.