JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The applicant in O.A.No.2248 of 2021 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram (the ‘Tribunal’, in short), filed this original petition invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , challenging the order dated 06.06.2024 passed by the Tribunal in that original application.

2. Going by the averments in the original application, the petitioner entered into service as a Copyist in the Revenue Department as per the advice of the Kerala Public Service Commission on 20.10.1970. He retired from the post of Tahsildar upon attainment of the age of superannuation. Although from 01.07.1968 onwards, the salary of copyist, Lower Division clerk (LDC) and Village Assistant (VA), were equated, and by Government order dated 10.09.1984, the post of Village Assistant was equated to that of LDC, the Special Rules omitted to incorporate the said equalisation as far as copyist was concerned. So the Government issued Annexure A2 G.O.(P) No. 123/93/RD dated 08.03.1993 to rectify the anomaly and to bring all categories of posts coming under the Kerala Ministerial Subordinate Service 1985, in the L