The petitioner challenges the impugned order passed by the third respondent dated 22.09.2025, whereby a direction was issued to recover an alleged excess payment of Rs.1,83,077/- from the petitioner’s salary in 60 equal monthly installments of Rs.3,050/- each, commencing from September 2025. Consequently, the petitioner also seeks a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to continue paying the same salary that was being drawn by the petitioner up to the date of the impugned order.

2.The case of the petitioner is that he was initially appointed as a Xerox Operator, a Group ‘C’ post, vide proceedings dated 22.07.2013, and joined duty on 24.07.2013 in the Special Court for Land Grabbing Cases, Ramanathapuram. Subsequently, he was promoted as Examiner on 03.11.2015. Thereafter, he was promoted as Junior Assistant on 01.07.2020 in the Additional District Court, Ramanathapuram, and later promoted as Assistant on 30.04.2021. It i