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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
AMAN CHAUDHARY
Jagsir Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Aman Chaudhary, J.
The prayer made in the present petition is for directing the respondents to grant pay scale of Rs.1350-2400/- to the petitioner w.e.f. 25.02.1991.2. Learned counsel would submit that the petitioner, who is working as Patwari in the Revenue Department was granted lower pay-scale than Rs.13502400/- based on notification dated 25.02.1991 vide which the post of Patwaris stood split into two parts i.e. junior and senior patwaris, that has since been quashed by this Court vide judgment dated 04.08.2023 passed in a batch of petitions, with leading CWP-5382-2003, Baljinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others. He thus prayed that the instant petition may be disposed of in the same terms, relevant paras of which read thus:
"9. The Punjab Revenue Patwaris Class III Service Rules,1966 Revenue Department lays down the Rules of Selection and Appointment of Patwaris. There is no bifurcation in the Rules of Patwaris into Senior and Junior Patwaris. The method of appointment is same for all Patwaris. The seniority inter se members of the service as per Rule 15 is maintained districtwise and is to be determined by the length of continuous service. Rule 15 of se
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the division and classification of Patwaris into Junior and Senior categories without any basis was arbitrary and violated the constitutional ....
Direct appointees entitled to pay parity with transferred employees and departmental counterparts performing identical duties, as unequal pay scales violate Articles 14/16; courts rectify arbitrary a....
The determination of pay scales is the exclusive domain of the state, and courts should only intervene in cases of constitutional violations.
It is well settled that normally the courts should not interfere with recommendations of an expert body, as it is exclusive domain of State to decide pay scales to be paid to a particular class/categ....
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