GAHC010070522026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/2055/2026 CHANDRA MUDOI S/O LATE BHOLA MODOI, R/O HOUSE NO. 40, CPR ROAD, PUB-SARANIA, BYE LANE -6, P.O- SILPUKHURI, P.S- CHANDMARI, GUWAHATI, DIST-

KAMRUP(M),, ASSAM, PIN- 781003 VERSUS ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND 4 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT

1ST FLOOR, BIJULEE BHAWAN, PALTANBAZAR, GUWAHATI- 781001

2:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

3:THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (HRA)

ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

4:THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (F AND A)

GAD ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

5:THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (F AND A)

PENSION ASSAM ELECTRICITY GRID CORPORATION LTD. BIJULEE BHAWAN GUWAHATI- 78100 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. J PATOWARY, KEYIHEILUNGLE Advocate for the Respondent : SC, APDCL, SC, AEGCL Linked Case : WP(C)/735/2026 SRI PRADIP KUMAR GOSWAMI SON OF LATE B. D. GOSWAMI RESIDENT OF - P.O. AND VILL - KHETRI (OPP. B. ED.COLLEGE)

DIST - KAMRUP (M)

ASSAM PIN - 782403 VERSUS THE ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD AND 5 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT

1ST FLOOR BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI -781001.

2:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

3:THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (HRA)

ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

4:THE ASSISTANT GGENERAL MANAGER (F AND A)

GAD ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED BIJULEE BHAWAN PALTANBAZAR GUWAHATI- 781001

5:THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (F AND A)

PENSION ASSAM ELECTRICITY GRID CORPORATION LTD.

BIJULEE BHAWAN GUWAHATI- 781001

6:THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER NAGAON ELECTRICAL DIVISION-I ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. (CAR)

NAGAON- 782001 ------------

Advocate for : MR. J PATOWARY Advocate for : SC APDCL appearing for THE ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD AND 5 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA

ORDER

06.05 .2026 Heard Mr. J. Patoway, learned counsel for the petitioner; also heard Mr. K.

P. Pathak, learned Standing Counsel for the APDCL, Ms. K. Phukan, learned Standing Counsel for the AEGCL.

2. The present writ petitioner in WP(C) No.2055/2026 is former Assistant General Manager of the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), posted at Bijulee Bhawan, Guwahati; and in WP(C) No. 735/2026 is a former Assistant General Manager, posted at APDC, Nagaon Electrical Division. They had superannuated on 31.03.2016. The claims of the writ petitioners are that the benefit of the Revision of Pay Rule, 2017 was not conferred upon them in respect of the last pay drawn and the pension was calculated on the basis of the pre-revised pay, and as a consequence thereof, it is the claim of the petitioners that their due entitlement has not been received.

3. Similarly situated persons had approached the court by filing WP(C) No. 1607 of 2020, which came to be disposed of on 03.11.2022. The APGCL preferred an appeal being Writ Appeal No. 107 of 2023, and the appeal came to be allowed by judgment and order dated 05.08.2024 interfering with the order passed by the Coordinate Bench. The matter travelled to the Apex Court, and the Apex Court in Civil Appeal No. 14559 of 2025 by judgment and order dated 04.12.2025 reversed the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court and sustained the order passed by the Coordinate Bench. The Apex Court held that the appellants therein are entitled to pay revision as on 31.03.2016 and their pay for the month of March 2016 shall be determined in the revised scales and such revised pay shall be reckoned for computing the pension payable. The arrears of pay and pension were to be directed to be paid within a period of 6 months, and the revised pension will commenc