Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Service law: Increased pay scale - Kramonnati Scheme |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | .Service law: Increased pay scale — Kramonnati Scheme — Eligibility of respondents-lecturers/teachers for increased pay scales — Under Madhya Pradesh Revision of Pay Rules, 1990, lecturers/teachers were eligible for a higher pay scale on completion of 12 years of service - Kramonnati Scheme entitled all govemment servants to the benefit of two higher pay scales, first on completion of 12 years of service and the second on further completion of another 12 years (24 years in all) — Scheme was effective from 19.4.1999 — State Govemment granted the benefit of Scheme to teachers w.e-f. 1.8.2003 — High Court held in favour of respondents — Held: There was no justification for discriminating between teachers and all other employees in view of the purpose ofthe Scheme — The appellants could not explain why it chose to deny teachers the benefit of the second Kramonnati while granting this benefit to all other employees, thus discriminating against them and violating their fundamental rights enshrined in Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution — Further, there was no explanation for granting the second Kramonnati w.e.f, 1.8.2003 — This was neither the date in the original scheme nor justifiable on the basis of any other material — available on the record - Many employees had completed 24 years of service by 1999; therefore, in postponing their second Kramonnati by 4 years, the appellants departed from the basic object of the Scheme — The order was arbitrary in nature and discriminatory towards the respondents and others in their position.. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen |
Neutral Citation | 2015 INSC 227 |
Petitioner | State Of M.p. & Ors. |
Respondent | Mala Banerjee |
SCR | [2015] 3 S.C.R. 704 |
Judgement Date | 2015-03-17 |
Case Number | 2944 |
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