The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Centre's decision of withholding the salary of a port trust employee since 2016 on grounds that he had not linked his salary account with his Aadhaar.

A division bench of Justice A S Oka and Justice S K Shinde while hearing a petition filed by Ramesh Purale, working as chargeman with the Mumbai Port Trust, said his salary cannot be withheld over failure to link his bank account with his Aadhaar card.