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Excess Salary Can't Be Recovered
✍️ Live Law
🗓 08 Aug 2026, 11:48 PM
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Excess salary paid to Class-III and IV employees due to wrong pay fixation cannot be recovered. This decision affects many government employees.
A recent ruling has stated that excess salary paid to Class-III and IV employees due to wrong pay fixation cannot be recovered from them. This decision is significant as it affects the financial security of many government employees who were paid more than their actual entitlement. The ruling is expected to bring relief to those employees who were facing the possibility of having to return the excess amount. The issue of wrong pay fixation has been a longstanding problem in the government sector, leading to many employees receiving more salary than they were supposed to. The decision to not recover the excess amount is a welcome move for these employees.