TRIPURA HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT ON TRIPURA GRAMIN BANK AND ORS V/S SUNIL CHANDRA DAS

AGARTALA, India, April 26 -- Tripura High Court issued the following judgement on April 1:

Heard Mr. P. Saha, learned counsel for the appellants-Tripura Gramin Bank and Mr. S. Lodh, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. The respondents-Bank in WP(C) No.923/2021 is in appeal. By the impugned judgment & order dated 13.03.2023 the learned Single Judge has quashed the recovery order dated 27.10.2021 inflicting penalty upon the petitioner of withdrawal of one third of the monthly pension admissible until recovery of pecuniary loss to the Bank as being illegal, arbitrary and contrary to established principles of law. The Bank has been ordered to refund the recovered amount to the petitioner within a period of two months.

3. The factual detai...