Rathram Patel And Ors. v. State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dresser Grade-I / J.M.E. employees, Directorate of Health Services, Chhattisgarh; time bound pay scale; pay-scale 5200-20200 + GP 2400/- and 5200-20200 + GP 2800/-; parity with Dressers given revised pay-scale per letter dated 04/08/2010; Director, Health Services recommendation dated 12/02/2014 proposing benefit from 01/04/2006 to ~200 pre-1989 direct recruits; State communication dated 23/09/2017 (Annexure R/1, Sr. No. 5) including Dressers with first higher pay scale from 06/07/2013; Court orders benefit from 01/04/2006 with departmental verification of individual entitlement within a reasonable time; both petitions disposed (Goutam Bhaduri, J., 18/04/2024); NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Time bound pay-scale benefit to the Dresser Grade-I petitioners from 01/04/2006 as per the recommendation dated 12/02/2014; the State is to examine each petitioner's entitlement within a reasonable time and thereafter grant the benefit as observed by the Court.