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Case Name : Thomas Daniel Vs State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India)
Appeal Number : Civil Appeal No. 7115 of 2010
Date of Judgement/Order : 02/05/2022
Related Assessment Year :
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Thomas Daniel Vs State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India)

This Court in a catena of decisions has consistently held that if the excess amount was not paid on account of any misrepresentation or fraud of the employee or if such excess payment was made by the employer by applying a wrong principle for calculating the pay/allowance or on the basis of a particular interpretation of rule/order which is subsequently found to be erroneous, such excess payment of emoluments or allowances are not recoverable. This relief against the recovery is granted not because of any right of the employees but in equity, exercising judicial discretion to provide relief to the employees from the hardship that will be caused if the recovery is ordered. This Court has further held that if in a given case, it is proved that an employee had knowledge that the payment received was in excess of what was due or wrongly paid, or in cases where error is detected or corrected within a short time of wrong payment, the matter being in the realm of judicial discretion, the courts may on the facts and circumstances of any particular case order for recovery of amount paid in excess.

FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT/ORDER

(1) This appeal raises an issue as to whether increments granted to the appellant, while he was in service, can be recovered from him almost 10 years after his retirement on the ground that the said increments were granted on account of an error?

(2) The brief facts of the case, in nutshell, are as under:

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