Recovery of wrongly paid excess pay
Sir, Most respectfully we the Stenographers Association of Doordarshan and All India Radio beg to submit that our pay was upgraded in January, 2013 by Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India. The upgraded pay was given with effect from 01.01.2006. In 2014 Prasar Bharati Secretariat forwarded the case to Department of Expenditure and Finance for clarification and issued an order in support of the enhanced pay given to the stenographers. Again in 2015 Prasar Bharati issued an order that the pay in respect of Head Clerks/Assistants and Stenographers of Doordarshan and All India Radio has been wrongly enhanced and needs tobe reverted. Finally our pay was refixed in March 2017. Now our office is contemplating recovery of the excess payment given to these cadres.
IN the light of the Supreme court judgement in the case of State of Punjab & ors. Vs Rafiq Masih - CA No. 11527 of 2014 (arising out of SLP © No 11684 of 2012)- do we have to return the wrongly given excess pay? Do we come under the guidelines set by Supreme Court in the above refered case regarding recovery of wrongly given excess pay. Kindly guide.
Regards