Krishna Kant Mukherjee vs State of Jharkhand, through its Chief Secretary, Co-operative Department

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2024 Supreme(Jhk) 851

DEEPAK ROSHAN
Krishna Kant Mukherjee – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand, through its Chief Secretary, Co-operative Department – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Saurabh Shekhar, Adv Mr. Shail Lakra, Adv., Mr. Aman Dayal Singh, Adv
For the Respondent: Mr. K.K.Singh, S.C.-V, Mr. Amit Kumar, S.C. (Mines)II, Mr. J.F. Toppo, GA-V, Mr. Pradeep Kumar, A.C. to AAG-IV, Mr. Praveen Akhauri, S.C. (Mines)I, Ms. Rishi Bharti, Act to AAG-III

JUDGMENT :

Deepak Roshan, J.

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The present batch of writ petitions have been filed praying for a direction upon the respondents to count the past services in continuity, in respect to the period that the petitioners have rendered as Paid Manager in the Central Co-operative Bank, before they were absorbed in the Government service on Class-III Posts, for the purpose of making payment of the benefits of ACP / MACP Schemes.

Further prayer has been made to modify the fixation of pension on the basis of improved salary and last pay drawn. The petitioners have also claimed for payment of arrears of pensionary benefits.

3. All these matters are arising from the identical facts and the petitioners in all the cases have prayed for identical reliefs. The pleading in all these writ petitions as well as counter affidavits are same and similar; accordingly, with consent of the parties, all these writ petitions were heard together and disposed of by this common order.

4. The brief facts are that the petitioners were appointed initially as Paid Managers in different Central Co-operative Banks of the State of Jharkhand on different dates; from the year 1975-1985.