WRIT - A No. 19870 of 2022 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:101071 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19870 of 2022 Petitioner :- Surendra Singh Chauhan And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Puneet Kumar Verma,Rajesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Puneet Kumar Verma, learned counsel appearing for petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for State respondents. 2. Petitioners who have retired as Group D employees from the respondent establishment on 28.02.2021 and 31.08.2022 are aggrieved by the order passed against them for refixation and consequential recovery dated 17.09.2021 and 23.09.2021 brought on record as annexure No. 3 and 4 respectively. 3. It is contended on behalf of petitioners that petitioners having been retired as Group D employee could not have been subjected to any recovery for any alleged wrongful pay fixation in the light of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih (White Washer) (2015) 4 SCC 334 in as much as no refixation of pay of these retired employees could have been done beyond a period of 34 months in the light of the Governmen