The State of Tamil Nadu v. J Padmanabhan
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court writ appeal dismissed; recovery of excess/wrongly fixed pay from retired employee impermissible per Rafiq Masih/Whitewasher case (AIR 2015 SC 696); appellants State of Tamil Nadu (Home (Police) Department), DGP (L&O), Commissioner of Police Chennai City, Joint Commissioner of Police South Zone; respondent J.Padmanabhan, retired Grade-II Police Constable (enlisted 20.02.1986, superannuated 31.10.2022); recovery of Rs.1,32,448/- ordered on 27.11.2022 set aside; W.P.No.32575 of 2024 (order dated 10.10.2025) sustained; appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent; C.M.P.No.1144 of 2026 closed; bench R. Suresh Kumar and Shamim Ahmed, JJ.; decision date 11.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
The Writ Court order in W.P.No.32575 of 2024 (which set aside the post-retirement recovery of Rs.1,32,448/-) was sustained; the writ appeal was dismissed with no order as to costs, and C.M.P.No.1144 of 2026 was closed.