BIJAY KUMAR SHARMA Vs. RANCHI UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) An endeavour made by the Respondent-State to give uniform pay scales to Upper Division and Lower Division Assistants/Clerks working in the University in the then State of Bihar has given rise to this prolonged litigation which began in the year, 1998.

(2.) The Government issued a letter No. 373 dated 28.07.1981 providing for a merger of pay scales only of Lower Division Assistants/Clerks with the pay scale of Upper Division Assistants/Clerks staff of Patna University. Since this is the basic document from which the dispute arises, it would be appropriate to reproduce this letter as under:

(3.) A bare reading of the aforesaid letter would show that some clarifications were sought in respect of this merger issue and the letter dated 28.07.1981 gave absolute and clear elucidation to the effect that the sanction was only for :