https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461469 Excess increments paid to a retired employee were held not recoverable where there was no fraud or misrepresentation and the payment arose from a mistaken interpretation of the service rules. The SC applied the equitable principle that recovery of overpayments is ordinarily barred when it would cause undue hardship, especially after retirement and after a long delay. As the excess payment resulted from the employer's error under the Kerala Service Rules and recovery was initiated nearly ten years after retirement, the recovery orders were set aside and protection against recovery was affirmed. en-us Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:56:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461469 Excess increments paid to a retired employee were held not recoverable where there was no fraud or misrepresentation and the payment arose from a mistaken interpretation of the service rules. The SC applied the equitable principle that recovery of overpayments is ordinarily barred when it would cause undue hardship, especially after retirement and after a long delay. As the excess payment resulted from the employer's error under the Kerala Service Rules and recovery was initiated nearly ten years after retirement, the recovery orders were set aside and protection against recovery was affirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461469