I am a Central Govt servant. I only have salaried income and am paying tax regularly. In the past three years due to oversight the accounts department paid me HRA though I was staying in the departmental quarters. On this ncome I have already paid applicable tax. Now, they have realised the mistake and I have paid the amount wrongly credited. Can I now claim refund of the amount of tax I paid on this amount in the past years or should I deduct the amount from the taxable income of the current year and re-calculate the tax payable for this year? Pl advice

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