Suman Kumari v. State of Haryana and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Maternity leave remuneration recovery set aside; Guest Faculty, State of Haryana; guidelines dated 14.12.2022, Technical Education Department, maximum six months, benefit only for two living children; third-child sanction inadvertent; no misrepresentation by employee; lapse attributable to sanctioning officials; recovery after more than two years unreasonable and arbitrary; certiorari; recovery redirected to erring officer/official; refund within four weeks; CWP-9518-2025; Punjab and Haryana High Court; Tribhuvan Dahiya, J.; decided 20.05.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ of certiorari allowed; impugned recovery order set aside; liberty reserved to respondents to recover the remuneration from the responsible officer/official; petitioner's salary to be paid regularly; refund within four weeks of any amount already recovered from her salary.