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T.Malar v. the State of Tamil Nadu

Madras HC12 Jun 2026WP/21072/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Pay refixation; selection grade scale; PB 15600 - 39100 + 5400 grade pay; PB 9300 - 34800 + 4700 grade pay; recovery of excess payment from 01.01.2006; FR 22~B amendment; G.O. Ms. No.63305/Pay Cell/2010~1 dated 8.11.2010 para 4 (i); HM~MS selection grade on 10 years' service; Accountant General pension computation and arrears; Article 226 writ of certiorarified mandamus; School Education Department Tamil Nadu; Dharmapuri district; batch W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 dated 02.03.2026; WMP Nos. 22796 and 22799 of 2026; Justice P.T. Asha; High Court of Judicature at Madras; decision date 12-06-2026; no costs; disposed in terms of earlier order.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of in terms of the earlier order in W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 etc batch dated 02.03.2026; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed. ¶53

T.Malar Vs the State of Tamil Nadu — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed of in terms of the earlier order in W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 etc batch dated 02.03.2026; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned orders refixing the petitioner's selection grade pay scale from PB 15600 - 39100 + 5400 grade pay (granted from 01.01.2006) to PB 9300 - 34800 + 4700 grade pay, and ordering recovery of the excess amount paid from 01.01.2006, are arbitrary and liable to be quashed, and whether the petitioner should continue to receive grade pay of Rs.5400/- in the pay band PB 15600 -39100 + 5400 with notional effect from 01.01.2006. +1 more

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Court's answer

The present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the earlier order passed in W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 etc batch dated 02.03.2026.

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Ratio / Principle

As the issue involved and the facts are the same as in the earlier batch of writ petitions, the directions given in the order in W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 (batch dated 02.03.2026) suffice and are followed for the present petitioner.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

MADRAS HIGH COURT (P.T. Asha, J.) - 12-06-2026 - WP No. 21072 of 2026 - Pay fixation - Selection grade - Recovery of excess pay. Petitioner sought quashing, as arbitrary, of the 2nd Respondent's order (Ref.Oo.Mu.No.053130/AaKaTha/2023 dt 03.10.2024) and the 4th respondent's proceedings (Na.Ka.No.Oo. Mu. No.856/ Aa1/ 2026 dt 10.03.2026), issued pursuant to the Government's Reference letter No.11100/Ele.Edn1(1)2023-1 dated 15.12.2023, which refixed her selection grade pay from PB 15600 - 39100 + 5400 grade pay (granted from 01.01.2006) to PB 9300 - 34800 + 4700 grade pay and ordered recovery of the excess paid from 01.01.2006; she sought continuance of grade pay of Rs.5400/- with notional effect from 01.01.2006. The identical issue had been disposed of in a batch of writ petitions in W.P.No.12275 of 2024 (02.03.2026) with directions, including: no recovery of amounts already paid from serving employees or from retiral/pensionary benefits; no refund of amounts already recovered; no refixation until FR 22~B is amended to incorporate para 4 (i) of G.O. Ms. No.63305/Pay Cell/2010~1 dated 8.11.2010; prospective-only revision thereafter; entitlement to selection grade in the HM~MS post on completion of 10 years' service with monetary benefits from eligibility; and computation of pension on the retirement scale by the Accountant General with arrears. Holding that the facts are the same and the earlier directions therefore suffice, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of that earlier order; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions (WMP Nos. 22796 and 22799 of 2026) are closed.

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 12-06-2026

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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and

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WMP Nos.22796, 22799 of 2026

T. Malar

W/o. Chandra Sekaran

..Petitioner(s)

The State Of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort. St.George, Chennai- 600 009.

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The Financial Advisor and Principal Accounts Officer, School Education Department, College Road, Chennai 600 006.

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The Director of Elementary Education, O/o.The Director of Elementary Education, College Road, Chennai- 600 006.

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The District Educational Officer (Secondary) O/o.The District Educational Office, Dharmapuri, Dharmapuri District.

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The Chief Educational Officer, O/o. The Chief Educational Office, Dharmapuri, Dharmapuri District.

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The Headmaster, Government Higher Secondary School, Krishnapuram, Dharmapuri District

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. .Respondent(s)

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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This writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records of the 2^nd Respondent vide Ref.Oo.Mu.No.053130/AaKaTha/2023 dt 03.10.2024 and of the 4^th respondent vide proceedings having Ref. Na.Ka.No.Oo. Mu. No.856/ Aa1/ 2026 dt 10.03.2026 issued in pursuant tot he first respondent’s proceedings having Reference letter No.11100/Ele.Edn1(1)2023-1 dated 15.12.2023 ordering refixation of petitioner’s pay scale in selection grade pay from PB 15600 - 39100 + 5400 grade pay granted to the petitioner from 01.01.2006 to the pay scale of PB 9300- 34800 + 4700 grade pay and ordering recovery of the excess amount paid to petitioner from 01.01.2006 and to quash the same as arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to continue to pay the grade pay of Rs.5400/- to Petitioner sanctioned in the pay band of PB 15600 -39100 + 5400 with notional effect from 01.01.2006 .

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For Petitioner(s): Mr. K.Chandra For Respondent(s): Mr. A.R.Balaji, Gov. Advocate

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ORDER

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The writ petition has been filed for the following relief :

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“to call for the records of the 2^nd Respondent vide Ref.Oo.Mu.No.053130/AaKaTha/2023 dt 03.10.2024 and of the 4^th respondent vide proceedings having Ref. Na.Ka.No.Oo. Mu. No.856/ Aa1/ 2026 dt 10.03.2026 issued in pursuant tot he first respondent’s proceedings having Reference letter No.11100/Ele.Edn1(1)2023-1 dated 15.12.2023 ordering refixation

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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of petitioner’s pay scale in selection grade pay from PB 15600 - 39100 + 5400 grade pay granted to the petitioner from 01.01.2006 to the pay scale of PB 9300- 34800 + 4700 grade pay and ordering recovery of the excess amount paid to petitioner from 01.01.2006 and to quash the same as arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to continue to pay the grade pay of Rs.5400/- to Petitioner sanctioned in the pay band of PB 15600 -39100 + 5400 with notional effect from 01.01.2006 ”

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Heard the learned counsels on both sides and perused the materials available on record.

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The issue involved in the present writ petition was earlier considered in a batch of writ petitions in W.P.No.12275 of 2024 dated 02.03.2026, wherein a similar relief was claimed. The learned Judge after hearing the arguments of both sides and discussing the relevant Rules and Government Orders in detail, had ultimately disposed of the writ petitions with directions. These directions are extracted herein below:

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85. In the result, all the writ petitions are disposed of with the following directions:-

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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i) The impugned order directing the fixation of the selection grade/special grade scale of pay at the first promotional level and 2nd promotional level is set aside to the extent that there shall be no recovery of amount, which has already been paid, from the petitioners ;

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ii) Insofar as the petitioners, who have retired from service is concerned, no amount shall be recovered on the basis of the impugned order from the retiral benefits/pensionary benefits of the petitioners with regard to the amount already paid;

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iii) Insofar as the petitioners, who are still in service, no amount shall be recovered on the basis of the impugned order from the salary of the petitioners with regard to the amount already paid;

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iv) In case any amount has already been recovered from any of the petitioners towards excess payment made in the selection grade scale, the same shall be not refunded to the petitioners and the respondents shall refix the selection grade scale of pay of the said petitioners after amendment to FR 22~B and, thereafter, upon computation, if any amount is due and payable to any of petitioners, the same shall be paid by the respondents forthwith;

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v) Until FR 22B is amended so as to include the directions given in G.O. Ms. No.63305/Pay Cell/20101 dated 8.11.2010, more particularly para 4 (i) of the said Government Order, no action shall be taken by the respondents to refix the scale of pay of the petitioners and similarly placed persons;

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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vi) Subject to amendment, if any, that may be made to FR 22B, with reference to G.O. Ms. No.63305/Pay Cell/20201 dated 8.11.2020, the respondents are at liberty to revise the salary of the persons who are in service by refixing their scales of pay in the selection grade as also the pensionary benefits of the pensioners by refixing their scales of pay in selection grade in line with the amendments that may be made to FR 22B for computing the admissible pension payable based on para 4 (i) of G.O. Ms. No.63305/Pay Cell/20101 dated 8.11.2010, which shall be applicable only prospectively and not retrospectively;

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vii) Pursuant to the amendment, if any, made to FR 22B, upon refixation of the scales of pay of the petitioners, and computing the revised pay that the petitioners who are in service would be entitled to and the revised monthly pension that the retired petitioners would be entitled to, it is made clear that the petitioners would also be entitled for selection grade benefit in the post of HMMS upon completion of 10 years of service in the said post;

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viii) The grant of selection grade scale of pay in the post of HMMS shall be fixed after amendment to FR 22B and after refixing the selection grade scale of pay of the petitioners in the erstwhile post of HM~PS and monetary benefit, if any payable, shall be computed and paid to petitioners from the date when they become eligible for such selection grade scale of pay, including arrears of pay.

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WP No. 21072 of 2026

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ix) The Accountant General is directed to compute the pension in the scale of pay which the petitioners were drawing on the date of their retirement, if not computed in the said scale, and pay the arrears of pension on the said higher scale to the retired petitioners, if not already paid;

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Since the facts on which the earlier writ were disposed of, it will suffice if the directions in the above order is followed. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the earlier order passed in W.P. No. 12275 of 2024 etc batch dated 02.03.2026. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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12-06-2026

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Index: Yes/No 3/3

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Speaking/Non-speaking order

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Neutral Citation: Yes/No

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MRP

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