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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY
Soumitra Paul – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY, J.
1. The petitioners, who are presently discharging duties in the posts of Constable and Head Constable under the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Metro Railway, Kolkata, function under the supervisory jurisdiction of the Inspector General-cum-Chief Security Commissioner, RPF, Eastern Railway. The petitioners assert that they have been subjected to a continuous financial disadvantage owing to arbitrary and retrospective interpretation of pay fixation norms by the respondent Railway authorities.
2. It had been the emphatic grievance of the petitioners, upon their initial appointment, they were extended the benefit of two advance increments in accordance with the recommendations of the 4th Central Pay Commission (CPC). These increments were granted in recognition of specific recruitment policies that formed part of their service terms. Additionally, the petitioners claimed eligibility to bunching benefits, which were intended to mitigate disparities arising due to overlapping pay stages between the pre-revised and revised pay scales.
3. However, with the advent of the 5th Central Pay Commission, effective from 01.01.1996, the petitioners submit that the r
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