https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305808 Excess payments made under a judicial order later set aside were recoverable under the principle of restitution, because the employees could not retain benefits received on the basis of an order that no longer survived. The bar against recovery from Class III and Class IV employees in cases of mistaken payment was held inapplicable on these facts, since the payment was not an independent administrative mistake but flowed from the earlier court order. Section 144 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 supported restoration of the parties to the position they would have occupied absent that order, and recovery of the excess amount was upheld. en-us Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 20:49:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305808 Excess payments made under a judicial order later set aside were recoverable under the principle of restitution, because the employees could not retain benefits received on the basis of an order that no longer survived. The bar against recovery from Class III and Class IV employees in cases of mistaken payment was held inapplicable on these facts, since the payment was not an independent administrative mistake but flowed from the earlier court order. Section 144 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 supported restoration of the parties to the position they would have occupied absent that order, and recovery of the excess amount was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305808