Surender Kumar 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 amending the Revised Pay Rules, 2008, which altered grade pay retrospectively and curtailed Assured Career Progression benefits, with recoveries initiated against some. Since the State was itself reconsidering the issues through a committee, the court declined to rule on validity and dispos
What did the court decide?
Government to reconsider the issue and decide; no further recovery on the basis of the impugned notification till then; recoveries already made from pensioners to be refunded subject to final decision