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B-194233 1 (1979-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIOIl .OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, OC. 20548 FILE: B194233 DATE: September 12, 19T9 MATTER OF: Rbis S Petty Officer Christopher C. Robbins, USN DIGEST: AC- Although Navy enlisted member received a substantial increase in his monthly pay for 5 months due to erroneous payments of basic allowance for quarters (BAQ), and brought the matter to the attention of the disbursing clerks who assured him that his pay was correct, the member is not without fault in this situation since any unexplained substantial increase in his pay should have alerted him to the possibility that he was being overpaid and he should have pursued matter until a satisfactory explanation had been given. Therefore, waiver of the debt is denied. By letter of January 4, 1979, Petty Officer Christopher C. Robbins, USN, requests reconsideration of our Claims Division's denial of hisgrequest for waiver of bscaa-imd- ia arising out of erroneous payments of eeealowance- -received incident to his service in the United States Navy. For the following reasons Mr. Robbins' request for waiver must be denied. Mr. Robbins' debt arises from erroneous payments of BAQ at the with dependent rate made to him during the period July 1, through November 30, 1976, while he was occupying Government quarters. See 37 U.S.C. 403(b). The erroneous payments were caused by administrative error when Mr. Robbins' pay account was converted to the Joint Military Pay Systems (JUMPS). Our Claims Division after considering the Navy report on the matter, which did not recommend waiver, denied the request for waiver on the basis that when Mr. Robbins received his paycheck on July 15, 1976, in the amount of $321 he should have requested a full pay breakdown to verify the amount since his previous paycheck was for $180. Failure to do so caused him to be partially at fault.

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