Rajesh Gupta
Srinagar, July 29:The Division Bench comprising of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice M A Chowdhary decided a batch of petitions filed by the department against the judgment of CAT whereby the department has been directed to pay salary to the hundreds of its employees for the period for which they have worked.
Bench added that we further provide that the salary, that shall be paid to the respondents in terms of the impugned orders of the Tribunal, is subject to the respondent-employees submitting an undertaking that in case they are ever held to be illegal appointees in an inquiry conducted by the petitioner-department, they shall refund the entire amount of salary received, to the petitioners along with interest @ 6 % per annum.
DB further ordered that an inquiry in accordance with law is yet to be conducted and it is yet to be established as to whether the appointments of the respondent-employees are forged, fraudulent or illegal.
DB added that till such a conclusion is arrived at by the competent authority, the salary of the respondents for the period they perform their duties cannot be stopped.
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