Officer Given Higher Pay Than Others In Same Cadre: Supreme Court Slams Favouritism, Directs Recovery

Case: Dr PN Shukla v. Union of India

Coram: Justices Rajesh Bindal and Justice Hima Kohli

Case No.: CIVIL APPEAL NO.7747 OF 2012

Court Observation: “In our opinion, the authorities were hand in glove with the respondent No. 4 to somehow grant him a higher pay scale, and repeatedly action was taken in that direction. If governed by the same set of Rules, a single post of the same cadre could not have been isolated and granted a higher pay scale by merely considering the qualifications prescribed for the post.”

“Apparently, the authorities and the respondent No. 4 together were not able to achieve the objective of granting a higher status and pay scale to him. By every action, the respondent No. 4 generated litigation and planned new devices to steal a march over other similarly situated as him.”

“How a single person in the same cadre on the same post governed by the same set of Rules was granted a higher pay scale solely by relying upon the recommendations made by the Commission, which were not applicable.”

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