Supreme Court of India

Union of India through Cabinet Secretary & Ors. v. Captain Gurdev Singh & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 3 S.C.R. 913
Bench N.V. Ramana and Mohan M. Shantanagoudar JJ.
Decided 11 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we hold not only that the clarification made through the impugned judgment is beyond the scope of the original order dated 22.11.2005, but also that there were no valid grounds for the High Court while passing the impugned judgment to grant parity between the BCA payable to IMTRAT personnel and the FA payable to MEA personnel.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Service Law – Payment of compensatory allowances – Validit y of the clarification made by impugned judgment dated 07.05.2007 of the original judgment of the High Court dated 22 .11.2005 – IMTRAT (Indian Military Training Team) personnel filed writ petitions seeking parity between Bhutan Compensatory Allowanc e (BCA) payable to IMTRAT personnel and Foreign Allowance (FA) payable to their ‘civilian counterparts’ and implementation o f the cabinet decision dated 30.11.1999 regarding removal of dep ression and imposition of charges for free facilities, which ha d not been implemented – During the

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