Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa and Ors. v. Joginder Patjoshi and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 492
Bench V.N. Khare and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 13 November 2003

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reason, the appeals deserve to be allowed.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law: Orissa Revised Scales of Pay Rules, 1985: rr. 8(/)(a) and (b)-Revision of pay scales and fixation of pay­ Lecturers and Professors-Prior to revision of pay w.ef 1.1.1986, getting emoluments less than the minimum of revised pay scale-Pay fixed at the minimum of revised pay scale as per r. 8(/)(a)--Claim for increasing pay by one increment under r. 8(/)(b)-High Court allowing writ petition holding that though petitioners' case fell under r. 8(/)(a), they were entitled to one further increment as per exception contained in r.8(/)(b), and the rule being a beneficial one required

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