Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
No Recovery from Class-IV Employees for Employer’s Mistake Post-Retirement | Rafiq Masih Doctrine Applied : MP HC Indore
The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the recovery of Rs. 1.78 lakh from a retired Class-IV employee, holding that employer-side errors cannot justify deduction under the Supreme Court’s Rafiq Masih precedent. It ordered full reimbursement with 6% interest and imposed costs on the erring officer, reinforcing that natural justice protects low-level government staff from retrospective financial penalties.