PREMA NAND PANDIT, S/O LATE SHYAM LAL PANDIT Vs. BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED THROUGH CHIEF MANAGING DIRECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In the instant writ petition, the petitioner has sought for direction upon the respondents to rectify his pay scale since he has been promoted from the post of Motor Driver ordinary grade to the post of Motor Driver Grade-I, but inadvertently, the pay scale of 4th Pay Revision was wrongly mentioned and the petitioner has further sought for direction on the respondents to pay the arrears of difference of salary from the date of promotion i.e. 01.04.1997 till the date of his retirement.

(2.) In pursuance of order of this Court dated 14.07.2016, a supplementary counter affidavit on behalf of respondents has been filed, wherein it has been mentioned that the pay scale of staff car driver Grade-II was Rs. 1200-1800/- and that of Grade-I was Rs. 1320-2040/- respectively, which was subsequently granted under Vth Central Pay Commission, as mentioned in the office Memo of Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pension, Government of India, dated 01.06.1998, as is evident from Annexure-R/1B to the supplementary counter affidavit.

(3.) On perusal of Annexure-R/1B to the supplementary counter affidavit, the pay scale, which has been mentioned against Grade-I Staff Car Driver is of Rs. 4500-125-7000/- and the above pay scale has been made effective with effect from 01.01.1996, subject to the terms and conditions as mentioned in the Office Memorandum dated 30.11.1993 read with Office Memorandum dated 27.07.1995.