AJOY GHOSH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioners are aggrieved by the order passed by the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal in O.A. no. 1598 of 2004 on 4th March, 2010.

(2.) The facts in brief in the present petition are as follows:

(3.) Considering the anomalies in the pay scale applicable to the Compositors, the Government issued a Memo on 4th July, 1986 whereby it was decided that Compositors who were promoted from the post of Distributors who were junior to the existing Grade-I Distributors should be permitted the benefit of the pay scale of Rs. 340 - 750 on a personal basis, subject to the thorough examination of each individual case. It was also decided that the post of Distributor would not be the feeder post for the post of Compositor in future. Thereafter both the promotees as well as the directly recruited Compositors who were recruited prior to 4th July, 1986 were extended the pay scale of Rs. 340 - 750 with effect from 1st April, 1981. The pay scale of Grade-I Distributors was enhanced to Rs. 360 - 815. Consequently the pay scale of the Compositors, i.e., both the promotees as well as direct recruits, was enhanced to the same level.