JUDGMENT :

Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J.

Actual monetary benefits admittedly due to the petitioner towards revised leave encashment, on account of re-fixation of her pay in higher pay-scale from a retrospective date after her superannuation, are not being released by the respondents. Hence, the writ petition.

2. Facts

2(i) On attaining age of superannuation, the petitioner retired from service on 30.09.2020 from the post of Senior Architect.

2(ii) The Finance Department issued a letter on 14.11.2014 to the effect that the Government had re-introduced the process of granting two tier pay scale in the revised pay structure by granting the corresponding revised pay structure to the category of Architects in the Public Works Department (in short PWD) as per the schedule appended to the Himachal Pradesh Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules 2009 with immediate effect. Keeping in view the decision taken in the Finance Department letter dated 14.11.2014, a further decision was taken by the Finance Department on 21.09.2020 (Annexure P-1) to allow the two tier pay scale in respect of the Architects of