Excess Amount Paid Due To Erroneous Pay Fixation Cannot Be Deducted From Retiral Benefits: Calcutta High Court

In a recent judgment, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Prasenjit Biswas, addressed a significant issue concerning the recovery of excess pay from an employee's retiral benefits due to erroneous pay fixation under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). The bench ruled that an employer cannot deduct or adjust the excess amount paid to an employee after retirement, especially if the recovery…