Urgent- declining job after signing offer letter!!

Sneha (Accountant) (114 Points)

01 October 2014  

Hello friends,

My friend has signed an offer letter of company A, and they evn took a cheque of Rs 50000/- form him. Now he got a good offer from comany B. how can he decline the offer of company a without any issues and get the cheque back?

There is nothing mentioned in the offer letter about penalty for not joining. Infact the offer letter states that if the the employee doesnt joins befor the give date the offer stands cancelled. please advice.