Arun Kumar Pandey v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary Higher Education Higher Technical Education and Skill
High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi – Civil Writ Jurisdiction
Case brief
What is this about?
Post-retiral benefits writ disposed of on counter-affidavit statement; provisional pay fixation under 5th Pay Revision Commission in scale Rs. 2550-3200 vide Letter No. 1219 dated 02.06.2023; decision on arrears of pension etc. expected within six weeks; pending contempt case Cont. Case (Civil) No. 659 of 2019 following non-compliance with earlier order dated 23.08.2018 in WP(S) No. 6670 of 2017 on 5th/6th pay revision benefits; constituent college (Ranchi University) teacher appointed 1985 at ABM College Jamshedpur; interest for delayed payment not adjudicated; Jharkhand Department of Higher, Technical Education and Skill Development; Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar; I.A. No. 7905 of 2022 disposed.
What did the court decide?
No direct monetary award; the writ petition was disposed of on the strength of the State's counter-affidavit statement that provisional pay fixation pursuant to the 5th Pay Revision Commission was effected in the pay scale Rs. 2550-3200 vide Letter No. 1219 dated 02.06.2023; the Court expected a decision on the remaining claim of arrears of pension etc. within six weeks. I.A. No. 7905 of 2022 also stands disposed of. Interest on delayed payment (relief (b)) was not separately adjudicated.