Madras High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Former Judicial Department Employee in Pay Revision Dispute Under Article 226 — Pay Fixation Error Not Attributable to Employee's Misrepresentation Causing Extreme Hardship. Recovery of Excess Salary Paid Over Decades Struck Down Following Supreme Court Precedent in State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih.
15 Jul 2026The petitioner, a former Typist in the Judicial Department of Tamil Nadu, joined service as a Copyist in 1995 and was promoted to Typist in 2000. Upon...





