The Joint director of medical and Rural Health Service (Tb) v. M.M Pandiaraj
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: erroneous higher grade-pay fixation (2006); recovery of excess salary ordered 2017 after retirement (2015); refund of withheld/recovered pay; White Washer principle; Health Educator, Joint Director/Deputy Director of Medical and Rural Health Service (TB) and District Collector, Virudhunagar; W.P.(MD)No.19278 of 2017 order dated 30.11.2022 confirmed; writ appeal dismissed, no costs; C.M.P.(MD)No.10280 of 2025 closed; Clause XV Letters Patent; Madurai Bench, Madras High Court; recovery of long-standing excess payment post-retirement held impermissible.
What did the court decide?
None to the appellants; the learned Single Judge's refund order stands confirmed (and had already been complied with during the intervening period); appeal dismissed with no costs and the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. ¶30