Supreme Court of India

Maheshkumar Chandulal Patel & Anr. v. The State of Gujarat & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 472
Bench Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 14 August 2024

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Issue for Consideration Applicability of the Rule of Stepping up of pay of a Government employee on the basis of the pay of his junior. Headnotes† Gujarat Civil Services (Pay) Rules, 2002 – Rule 21 – Stepping up of pay – Assistant Professors in Government Colleges in Gujarat – Applicability of: Held: Rule of stepping up shall apply only if the anomaly is the direct result of the application of Rule 21 and only if the conditions specified therein are fulfilled – One of the condition stipulates that if even in the lower post, the junior Government employee draws a higher rate of pay than the

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