The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine v. B Rajasekar
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Appeal WA No. 2078 of 2026 (with connected CMP No. 18054 of 2026), High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 15-07-2026, Neutral Citation 2026:MHC:2905; Bench S.M. Subramaniam J. (author) and N. Senthilkumar J. Keywords: refixation of pay; recovery of excess salary; audit objections; misrepresentation by employee; refund of recovered salary; State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih (2015) 4 SCC 334; pay rules and government orders; Clause XV Letters Patent; writ appeal dismissed; no costs; refund within twelve weeks; Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Deputy Director of Health Villupuram; Block Medical Officer PHC Radhapuram; Accountant General; Pay and Accounts Officer. Appellants' counsel: Dr.R.Gouri, Government Counsel; Respondent 1's counsel: Mr.M.Gunasekar.
What did the court decide?
Writ appeal dismissed with no costs; connected miscellaneous petition (CMP No. 18054 of 2026) closed; appellants directed to refund the amount recovered from the respondent within twelve weeks from receipt of a copy of the order.