High Court dismisses plea by retired Govt Employee challenging the order of recovery of Rs 75,000 which was imposed on him

 

The High Court of Madras has dismissed a plea moved by a retired Govt employee from Kanyakumari district challenging the order of recovery of Rs 75,000 which was imposed on him in 2012.

The Court was hearing the petition filed by M George Dhas. The petitioner was appointed as a junior assistant & was subsequently promoted & posted as a social worker/ junior rehabilitation officer at Nagercoil. The petitioner was allowed to retire from service on May 31, 2012.

The authorities had noticed that maintenance amount allotted under the scheme to provide assistance to the differently-abled people was not accounted for by the petitioner. Since there was financial loss to the state exchequer, the authorities had issued the recovery order to the petitioner. Challenging the same, the petitioner had filed the present petition in 2019, seeking to refund the amount which was recovered from him.

Justice S M Subramaniam observed that the petitioner was working in a responsible position in the government department. An employee, who slept over his rights for several years, cannot wake up one fine morning & knock at the doors of the courts for the purpose of redressal of his grievance. Such belated writ petitions need not be entertained & it would cause prejudice to the interest of the other parties.

The Judge observed that the recovery order was passed in the year 2012 & the money was also recovered from the petitioner in 2013. However, the plea was filed in the year 2019, after a lapse of six years. Hence, the judge dismissed the petition on the ground of delay & latches.

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