Chhattisgarh High Court Quashes Recovery Order, Directs Release of Retired Deputy Ranger’s Pension
The court, presided over by Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari, rejected the state’s position. Relying on recent Supreme Court guidance and longstanding precedent, the judge found that the excess payments resulted from an error in pay fixation by the authorities, not from any fraud or misrepresentation by Baghel. Because Baghel belongs to a Class-III service category…