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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
JIYA LAL BHARDWAJ
Rita Kumari – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
By way of present petition, the petitioners have claimed to allow them pay scale at par with their counterparts in the Department of Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training, on the post of Junior Tailoring Mistresses, as also on the post of Head Tailoring Mistresses, with all consequential benefits from the date of their initial appointment, along with interest @ 15% per annum from the due date till payment.
2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the petitioners were initially appointed as Junior Tailoring Mistresses (wrongly mentioned as Junior Tailoring Teachers) with the respondent-Department on 08.10.1991, 14.10.1991 and 01.11.1991, respectively. When the petitioners were appointed as Junior Tailoring Mistresses, they were granted pay scale of Rs.1350-2400, which was later on restructured to Rs.1365-2410. Later on, the said scale was revised w.e.f. 01.01.1996 and fixed on Rs.4400-7000, as per the recommendations of 5th Pay Commission. On implementation of 6th Pay Commission, the pay scale of Rs.5910-20200 + Grade Pay Rs.2800/- was fixed and after completion of 08 years of service, pay scale of Rs.5910-2022 + GP Rs.3000/-. The petitioners we
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