HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 10124 OF 2018

O R D E R:

Petitioner claims to have been appointed as Secondary Grade Teacher in the 4^th Respondent School on 19-09-1991 in an ‘unaided post’ and subsequently, in ‘regular post’ with effect from 24-09-1994 under ‘Grant-in-Aid’ proceedings issued by the 3rd Respondent. The grievance of petitioner is that after appointment to regular post, her scale of pay was fixed afresh starting with minimum pay as per Pay Revision Commission, 1993, thus depriving her of pay protection. Thus, she had to forfeit three years of service in respect of pay fixation, seniority and experience after her appointment in ‘aided post’ with effect from 24-09-1994.

According to petitioner, not counting the service in ‘unaided’ post for pay fixation, automatic advancement scheme and career advancement scheme is unconstitutional, as was held by this Court in Y. Sidda Reddy vs Government of Andhra Pradesh, 2006 (3) ALD 546 and Writ Petition No. 3460 of 2010 and batch. By virtue of the said decision, she deserves pay

protection after appointment to the ‘grant-in-aid’ post with effect from 24-09-1994 by taking into account her service in ‘unaided’ p