Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Others Etc. v. Rafiq Masih (white Washer) Etc.

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Reported as [2014] 13 S.C.R. 1343

Bench J.S. Khehar J.

Decided 18 December 2014

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From the headnote

Service Law- Recovery of monetary benefits- Wrongly extended to the employees - Due to unintentional mistake committed by the employer and not on account of any misrepresentation or fraud committed by the employees - Propriety of the recovery - Held: In view of the doctrine of equality enshrined u!Arts. 14 to 18 and 38, 39, 39A, 43 and 46 of the Constitution, equity and good conscience has to be basis of all governmental actions, in the matter of livelihood of the people - Recovery of monetary benefit given in excess of entitlement to the employee would be permissible in law, so long it is

Authorities it was built on

1994 Shyam Babu Verma and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 11
2006 Col. (retd.) B.J. Akkara v. The Govt. of India and Ors. cited by 9
2008 Syed Abdul Qadir & Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 5
1994 Sahib Ram v. The State of Harayana and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2024 Union of India & Ors. v. N.M. Raut & Ors. relied on
2024 Jagdish Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar and Others relied on
2024 State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. v. Virendra Bahadur Katheria and Ors. relied on
2021 Krishna Lal Chawla & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr. relied on
2024 Union of India & Ors. v. Rajeev Bansal referred to
2024 M/s Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited and Another v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2022 Thomas Daniel v. State of Kerala and Ors. referred to
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2021 Bijay Kumar Sharma & Ors. v. Ranchi University & Ors. referred to
2019 Union of India v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. referred to
2017 Girlsh Kumar Suneja v. C.B.L. referred to
2022 M.P. Medical Officers Association v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. not applicable
2022 Mekha Ram and Others Etc. Etc. v. State of Rajasthan and Others Etc. Etc. not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 7 referred to · 2 not applicable

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