BHARATH SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. vs K.K.VIJAYAN S/o.kuttappan

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2025 Supreme(Ker) 973

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL, JUSTICE K. V. JAYAKUMAR, JJ
BHARATH SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. – Appellant
Versus
K.K.VIJAYAN S/o.kuttappan – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : BY ADV GEORGE KURUVILLA(ALAPPUZHA)
For the Respondent: BY ADVS. SRI.NIRMAL V NAIR SRI.AKHIL ALPHONSE G.

JUDGMENT :

Amit Rawal, J.

This petition is directed against the judgment dated 16.12.2019 in O.A.No.32 of 2016 preferred by the respondents/ applicants. All the respondents/applicants, (9) in number, had been on the rolls of the department of Post and Telegram as Regular Mazdoors since 1988. In 1999, were promoted as Telecom Mechanic. With effect from 01.10.2000, the department of Telecommunication merged with the BSNL. One, Sri.T.O. Varghese, who was also appointed in 1993 as Regular Mazdoor was promoted on 06.11.2002 to Telecom Mechanic. Though the cadres for promotion to Telecom Mechanic was of Regular Mazdoor even in respect of the applicants and as well as Sri.T.O Varghese, but, owing to certain extra ordinary work being rendered by him, had earned certain increments and his Pay Scale at the time of promotion as Telecom Mechanic was 3200-85-4900.

2. It is pertinent to mention here that all the employees before the merger, were drawing Central Dearness Allowance scale. But, on the coming into force of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), were switched over to Industrial Dearness Allowance (IDA) Pay Scale and the Pay Scales were fixed from point to point on the basis of the inc