Tripura Judicial Employees Asso. And ORS v. The State Of Tripura And ORS

INTHEHIGHCOURTOFTRIPURA AGARTALA W.P.(C)No.30of2015 1.
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 ii)thedecisiontoimplementtherecommendations by all States should be taken within a period of threemonths. iii) the recommendations will be implemented w.e.f.1.4.2003."  H  


 
  



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16. It has, therefore, become necessary for us to make it clear that wherever in the Shetty Commissionrecommendation,dependinguponthe natureofjobperformedbydifferentcategoriesof employees, a higher scale of pay came to be recommended in the preHexisting scale that existed prior to 6th Pay Commission recommendationandonsuchhigherpayscalethe correspondingrevisedscaleofpayinthe6thPay Commission recommendation as applicable from 01.01.

2006, should have been continued and it was not permissible for the States to revert back to the earlier scale of pay that existed under the 5th Pay Commission which was directed to be improved in the Shetty Commission recommendation for the purpose of applying the correspondingrevisedpayscaleunderthe6thPay Commissionrecommendation. 17.We,therefore,directthatwhereverunderthe Shetty Commission recommendation which came to be approved by the order of this Court dated 07.10.

 


 shouldonlycorrespondtosuchhigherscaleofpay recommended by the Shetty Commission which alone is the proper way of implementing the recommendation of the Shetty Commission as approvedbythisCourt. 18. As far as special benefits such as medical allowance, special allowance, or TA/special pay are concerned such benefits should be continued to be maintained from 01.04.2003 up to 31.12.2005 and after 01.01.2006 also. As far as grant of one increment at the initial rate in the payHscale for all common category posts as recommended by the Shetty Commission is concerned, since this Court in the order dated 07.10.

2009 directed that such benefit should be granted on the existing payHscale and if such benefithadbeengrantedinthesaidmanner,there wouldbenoneedforanyfurtherpaymentbyway ofsuchadvanceincrementstobepaid.However,if such one advance increment in the existing scale hadnotbeengranted,thatshouldalsobepaidas a one time payment along with the pay and it is needless to state that fitment in the respective scale should be after the benefit of the said advanceincrement. 19.

 Insofar as the other prayer of the applicants/appellants for appointment of new Commissionisconcerned,inthelightofourabove conclusion, we do not find any need for making any such appointment inasmuch as all the grievances of the members of the applicants/appellantsweredulyconsideredbythe ShettyCommissionwhenitsubmitteditsreportin March,2003. 20.Inthelightofouraboveconclusion,wedirect asunder: i.

SuchofthoseStatesotherthantheStatesof Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Punjab and Haryana and West Bengal, wherever the ShettyCommissionhastabulatedthefinancial estimate on the recommendations in the report as has been noted and extracted with referencetoNCTofDelhiwhereinanyspecial allowance, medical allowance TA/special pay were directed to be given on monthly basis, suchpaymentshouldbecontinuedtobemade w.e.f. 01.04.2003 and even after the coming into effect of the 6th Pay Commission recommendation from 01.01.2006 till any modification or revision is made with reference to such allowances/ TA/special pay in any future Pay Commission recommendationoftheStateorCentre.

 


 ii. Wherever under the Shetty Commission recommendation, a higher scale of pay is recommended in the said tabular format for any category of employees apart from applying such higher scale of pay for the period 01.04.2003 up to 31.12.2005 as from 01.01.2006,thecorrespondingrevisionshould be only with reference to such higher pay scale recommended and made applicable to those categories of employees as revised under the 6th Pay Commission Report and which came to be implemented from 01.01.2006.

 Instead of adopting the said manner of payment, if any of the States had resorted to the revised payHscale corresponding to the scale of pay which was existing prior to the recommendation of the Shetty Commission Report, the States are hereby directed to rectify such defect and calculate the revised payHscale on the above footing as directed by us, work out the difference payable to those categories of employeespayablefrom01.01.2006andeffect suchapaymentwitheffectfromthemonthof April,2015payableinMay,2015.Thearrears of the difference payable for the past period endingwithMarch,2015shouldbepaidinone lump sum or in installments, in any case within nine months from the date of this judgmenti.e.onorbefore31.12.

2015. iii. Insofar as one advance increment which was recommended by the Shetty Commission for all the common category posts for whom no other scale of pay other than what was existing, is concerned, as directed by this Court in the order dated 07.10.2009, if such advanceincrementhadbeenpaidbasedonthe existingpayHscale,thereisnoneedformaking any further payment on that account. It is needless to state that if for any reason, such advance increment on the existing payHscale hasbeenomittedtobepaidinthosecasesthe concernedStateGovernmentshouldeffectthe payment as directed in our order dated 07.10.2009. iv.

 It is reiterated that the above direction in regard to the implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendation will hold good even for implementation of any future pay Commissionrecommendation.

 


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