STATE OF PUNJAB . vs KRISHAN KUMAR BANSAL . — SLP(C) No. 24607/2010

Summary: SLP(C) No. 024607/2010 – State of Punjab v. Krishan Kumar Bansal Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed all consolidated petitions (heard on 02/08/2013) challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's orders that quashed recovery of excess amounts paid to respondent employees. The Court held that employees cannot be held liable for recovery when they were not responsible for pay fixation errors committed by authorities, finding such recovery "wholly arbitrary, unjustified and violative of natural justice." Direction: The State of Punjab was directed to repay any amounts recovered from respondents within three months, or pay 12% per annum interest from recovery date until repayment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.