Court Decision
Subject : Administrative Law - Employment Law
In a significant ruling by the Central Administrative Tribunal, six former military officers, now Senior Research Officers at the Aviation Research Centre, challenged a downward revision of their pay. The applicants, who had served as
The applicants argued that their pay should be stepped up to match that of their junior, citing their seniority and the principle of equal pay for equal work. They contended that previous orders had established their pay at par with Choudhary but were later revoked without proper justification. The respondents, representing the Union of India, maintained that the pay fixation was in accordance with the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) guidelines, which differentiated between those re-employed before and after January 1, 2006.
The Tribunal analyzed the arguments, focusing on the provisions of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, and the DoPT's orders regarding pay fixation for re-employed personnel. It highlighted that the applicants, having joined before the cut-off date, were entitled to pay parity with their junior. The court emphasized that the principle of stepping up pay for seniors when a junior draws more is well-established under Fundamental Rule 22 and relevant guidelines.
The Tribunal quashed the impugned order dated April 1, 2016, and directed the respondents to step up the pay of all six applicants to Rs. 13,350 with a grade pay of Rs. 4,800, effective from January 1, 2006, for the first two applicants and from April 1, 2006, for the remaining four. This ruling reinforces the principle of equal pay for equal work and ensures that senior officers are not disadvantaged in their remuneration compared to their juniors.
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