Recovery of Excess Payment from Lower-Rung Employees Violates Article 14,Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Penalty on Child Development Project Officer: Patna High Court

In a crucial judgment, the Patna High Court has ruled that recovering excess payments from employees in lower service tiers, such as Class-III and Class-IV staff, is unjust and burdensome, especially when it causes more hardship to the employee than any benefit to the employer. The ruling came in response to a writ petition filed by Sita Kumari, a Class-IV employee, challenging an order that sought to recover excess increments…