COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENL. OF INDIA &OR vs EARID SATTAR

The Supreme Court held that the unilateral transfer of an employee does not entitle him to the protection of his previous pay scale under Fundamental Rule 22(1)(a)(3). The Court affirmed the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision that the respondent's pay should be fixed as a direct recruit in the lower post of Accountant, and that recovery of excess payment was justified due to the erroneous fixation of pay. The appeal by the appellants was dismissed, upholding the tribunal's ruling.