W.P.No.17736 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 10.06.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI W.P.No. 17736 of 2025 and W.M.P.No. 20008 of 2025 C.Ramakrishnan ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Registrar General, High Court of Madras, High Court Campus, Madras - 600 104. 2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home (Court V) Department, Fort. Saint George, Chennai – 9. 3.The Principal District Judge, Dharmapuri. 4.The Principal Accountant General (A and E), AG's Office (Audit) Complex, Anna Salai, Roast Revor Garden, Teynampet, Chennai – 600 018. 5.The District Treasury Officer, Dharmapuri. 6.The Subordiante Judge, Harur, Dharmapuri District. ... Respondents -------------------- Page No.: 1 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.15422 of 2025 PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India parying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order dated 02.12.2022 vide Roc.No.614/2022 passed by the 6th respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to continue to pay at the existing fixation of pay and not to recover the alleged excess amount paid to the petitioner. For Petitioner : Mr.A.Sakthivel For Respondents : Mr.V.Chandrasekaran Standing Counsel for R1, R3 & R6 Mr.S.Yashwant Additional Govt. Pleader for R2 & R5 ****** O R D E R (Order of the Court was made by R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.) Aggrieved by the order of re-fixation as well as the recovery dated 02.12.2024, the petitioner has come up with this writ petition. 2. As regards the recovery, the issue is covered by the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab and Others Vs. Rafiq Masih (White Washer's case) reported in AIR 2015 SC 696. As regards the re-fixation, we do not see any grievance for the petitioner as the wrong fixation has been -------------------- Page No.: 2 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.17736 of 2025 rectified. Hence, while sustaining the re-fixation, we only set aside the order of recovery. Any amount recovered pursuant to the order impugned in this writ petition, the same shall be repaid to the petitioner within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 3. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is partly allowed, while sustaining the order of re-fixation, the order of recovery alone is set aside. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. (R.S.M., J.) (K.G.T., J.) 10.06.2025 kkn Index : No Neutral Citation : No Speaking order -------------------- Page No.: 3 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.15422 of 2025 To 1.The Registrar General, High Court of Madras, High Court Campus, Madras - 600 104. 2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home (Court V) Department, Fort. Saint George, Chennai – 9. 3.The Principal District Judge, Dharmapuri. 4.The Principal Accountant General (A and E), AG's Office (Audit) Complex, Anna Salai, Roast Revor Garden, Teynampet, Chennai – 600 018. 5.The District Treasury Officer, Dharmapuri. 6.The Subordiante Judge, Harur, Dharmapuri District. -------------------- Page No.: 4 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.17736 of 2025 R.SUBRAMANIAN, J. and K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI, J. KKN W.P.No. 17736 of 2025 and W.M.P.No. 20008 of 2025 10.06.2025 -------------------- Page No.: 5 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis