Zaheer Ahmad Khan (Zaheer Ahmad) v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Ayush Anubhag -I Lko. and 2 Others
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Zaheer Ahmad Khan v. State of U.P. (WRIT-A No. 14325 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 7, decided December 15, 2025, Manish Mathur, J.): pay scale re-determination and recovery of excess salary paid since 01.01.1996 from a Class III employee challenged after almost 30 years; impugned order dated 10.07.2025 with letters dated 03.07.2025 and 14.02.2024 quashed by writ in the nature of Certiorari for want of any pre-decisional opportunity of hearing and for contravening State of Punjab & others v. Rafiq Masih (White Washer) & others, (2015) 4 SCC 334 (bar on recovery from Class III/Class IV employees without fraud or misrepresentation); liberty to pass fresh pay-fixation orders after hearing and considering reply within eight weeks; refund of deducted salary to be considered in light of Rafiq Masih; petition allowed at admission stage; counsel: Mohammad Tauseef Siddiqui, Jahan Singh Yadav, Shiv Pratap Singh for petitioner, C.S.C. for respondents.