Supreme Court of India

Kerala Agricultural University v. B.K. Jayachandran Etc.

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Reported as [2009] 6 S.C.R. 76
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 15 April 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the learned Single Judge went wrong in not accepting Ext.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Service law: Promotion - Grant of time bound grade promotion to teaching staff upon accepting recommendation of Fourth Pay Commission - Scheme for promotion recommended by UGC!ICAR and accepted by University - Under the Scheme, benefit of revision available from date of promotion only - Associate Professor (non cadre) included within the purview of said scheme - Held: Their promotion o received statutory protection - High Court was correct in directing that benefit of revised scale of pay should be extended only from date of promotion. The respondents were appointed as Assistant Professors in

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