Daya Ram v. the State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Group of writ petitions by government employees and pensioners challenging a Finance Department notification of 30 October 2017 amending the Revised Pay Rules, 2008 retrospectively, altering grade pay and depriving them of ACP benefits, with recoveries initiated. The court declined to examine the notification's validity as the State was reconsidering the issues, and disposed of the petitions with
What did the court decide?
Government directed to reconsider the issues arising from the notification by 28 February 2022; no further recoveries meanwhile; recoveries already made from pensioners to be refunded subject to final