TAMIL NADU RURAL DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS AND ASSISTANT ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These Appeals arise out of the judgment and order dated 27.02.2014 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Writ Appeal No.504 of 2012 and all other connected matters.

(2.) After the recommendations were given in March 2008 for revision of pay-scales by the 6th Central Pay Commission, an Official Committee was constituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu to examine and make recommendations about the pay-scales of Government Employees in consonance with the recommendations made by the 6th Central Pay Commission. This Official Committee submitted its report on 27.05.2009 making certain recommendations on "pay-scale to pay-scale" basis i.e. to say that for the existing scales of pay, the revised pay (pay band) and grade pay were recommended. The recommendations were accepted by the State Government by GO No.234 dated 01.06.2009. For the present purposes the relevant part of GO No.234 may be quoted here:

(3.) Thereafter, One Man Commission headed by Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Principal Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Industries Department was constituted to rectify pay anomalies which had arisen as a result of implementation of the revised pay-scales pursuant to GO No.234. Said One Man Commission submitted its report on 31.03.2010. The State Government, through GO Nos.254 to 340 (86 GOs) accepted the recommendations of The One Man Commission. By way of illustration, GO No.312 dated 26.08.2010 with respect to certain categories of Public Works Department stated as under: