GUWAHATI, India, July 7 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on June 6:

1. The instant petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging inter-alia the action of the respondent authorities in purporting to make recovery from the pensionary benefits of the petitioner the amount which was allegedly overdrawn by the petitioner while in service.

2. As per the facts projected, the petitioner was serving as Assistant Teacher in the 1126 No. Adalbari Sripur L.P. School, Baksa and he had retired from service on 30.03.2016. While the process of finalizing the pension was on, an objection was raised that the petitioner was allowed to draw regular scale of pay from the date of his joining, i.e., 01.10.19...