NEW DELHI: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said suspended government employees cannot be deprived of their rights to receive "subsistence allowance" during the suspension period.

Can subsistence allowance be denied?

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi & Justice Subramonium Prasad has emphasized that subsistence allowance cannot be denied to employee(s) during the tenure of their suspension.

Can subsistence allowance be recovered?

(2.4) There is no bar to the recovery of overpayments from subsistence allowance but the competent authority will exercise discretion in deciding whether recovery should be held wholly in abeyance during the period of suspension or it should be effected at full or reduced rate depending on the circumstances of each ...