PITAMBER DEV Vs. STATE OF H.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Shri Pitamber Dev, a Mechanic in Government Degree College, Mandi has filed the present application under section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 praying that the respondents be directed to remove the anomaly in the revision of his pay scale since 1968 and he be held entitled to the arrears accruing thereof.

(2.) The case of the applicant, briefly enumerated, is that he was appointed as Mechanic in the pay scale of Rs 75 150 vide office order dated April 28, 1966 whereas the Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior Lecturer Assistants at that time were in the pay scale of Rs. 60 -120 and Rs. 50 -100 respectively. In the year 1970, the pay scales of the Laboratory Staff in Himachal Pradesh Government Colleges were revised with effect from February 1, 1968 and the above three categories were placed in the following pay scales: Mechanics. Rs. 120 -250 Senior Lecturer Assistants. Rs. 120 -250 Junior Lecturer Assistants. RS. 110 -200 Similarly, in the second revision of pay scales with effect from January 1, 1978, the following pay scales were given to these three categories : Mechanics Rs 400 -660 Senior Lecturer Assistants. Rs. 400 -660 Junior Lecturer Assistants. Rs. 400 -600 The pay scales of the categories of Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior Lecturer Assistants were again revised in the Slate of Punjab vide Corrigendum dated June (0, 1983 whereby these categories were given the pay scale of Rs. 510 -800 and Rs 450 -700 respectively with effect from 1 -1 -1978 whereas the pay scale of the applicant continued to be that of Rs. 400 -660. The applicant had been representing his case since the year 1970 but of no avail.

(3.) The case of the respondents as set out in the reply -affidavit dated May 29, 1989 is that the applicant prior to the revision w. e. f. February 1, 1968 was in the higher pay scales of Rs. 75 -150 than those of the Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior Lecturer Assistants who were in the pay scale of Rs. 60 -120 and 50 -100 respectively. It is also admitted that on revision of pay scales w e. f. February 1, 1968, the Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior Lecturer Assistants were given the pay scale of Rs. 120 -250 and Rs. 110 -200 respectively whereas the pay scale of the Mechanic was revised to Rs 120 -250. Similarly, in the second revision of pay scales w. e f January 1, 1978 the Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior -Lecturer Assistants were given the pay scale of Rs 400 -660 and Rs 400 -600 respectively whereas the Mechanics were given the pay scale of Rs. 400 -660 The respondents have also admitted that the Senior Lecturer Assistants and Junior Lecturer Assistants were again given the pay scale of Rs 510 -800 and Rs. 450 700 on the Punjab pattern vide corrigendum dated June 10, 1983 w e f. January 1, 1978 whereas the pay scale of the Mechanics remained the same, that is, Rs 400 -660.