K.P. Khemka vs Haryana State Industrial And ...

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed the writ petitions, affirming that a time-barred debt under the Limitation Act, 1963 does not preclude recovery under the Haryana Public Moneys (Recovery of Dues) Act, 1979, as the Limitation Act only bars the remedy and does not extinguish the debt. The court distinguished the precedent set in State of Kerala vs. V.R. Kalliyanikutty by referencing earlier judgments that support the principle that debts remain recoverable despite being time-barred. The outcome upheld the applicability of the Recovery of Dues Act in this context.