Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. S.D. Bandhopadhyay and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Dalveer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 19 October 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that Draughtsman D Grade II in the scale of Rs. 425-700(pre-revised) should also get the scale of pay admissible to Draughtsman Grade-I after completion of requisite length of service as per Ministry of Finance OM dated 19.10.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: Pay Scale-Revision of-0.M. issued granting revision of pay scales based on criteria of educational qualification-Respondents granted benefits in terms thereof-Ten years later another O.M. issued granting revised pay scales, but based on criteria of length of service-Claim by Respondents for further revision of pay scale in terms of subsequent O.M.-Maintainability of-On facts, held, not maintainable-Contention of Respondents, that in view of changed criteria by reason of the subsequent O.M., the same should be applied in their case, is misplaced-Respondents having been given…

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