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OA No.574/2012
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Ministry of Finance
South Block
Govt. of India
New Delhi-110011
South Block
Govt. of India
New Delhi-110011
3. The CGDA
Order (oral)
The applicant is aggrieved by the rejection of the grade pay of Rs. 5400/- in
the grade of Assistant Accounts Officer instead of granting him the grade pay of Rs.
4800/-. The relief sought by the applicant the OA is as follows:-
(b) Direct the respondents to grant the grade pay of Rs. 5400/- to the
applicant in PB-3 as approved by the Cabinet on 14/08/2008
And
(d) any other relief, if any, this Honourable Tribunal deems fit and proper in
the facts and circumstances of the case.
2. The matter was heard today. Learned counsel Mr. Verghese who argued on
behalf of applicant has referred to Annexure A-2 which is Gazette Notification dated
29th August, 2008 containing the recommendation of 6th CPC and particularly to
para (x) ( C ):-
3. The second document on which applicant has relied upon during arguments
is the Press Note dated 14.08.2008 containing the Implementation of the
recommendations of the 6th CPC. Para-II (v) reads as follows :-
4. It was argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that Govt. cannot
ignore the decision of the 6th CPC taken at the level of the cabinet where under the
applicant who belongs to the Group B Officer has completed four years of service
and has to be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2.
Ministry of Finance vide note dated 04.01.2011, a copy of which is at Annexure A-II.
However, the Ministry of Finance with the approval of the FA and Additional
Secretary (MOD) did not agree to the proposal. The respondents, therefore,
expressed their inability to agree with the request of the applicant.
8. in view of above, we are inclined to grant the reliefs sought by the applicant
and accordingly allow the OA. Respondents shall take steps to grant consequential
benefits to the applicant within a period of 10 weeks from the date of receipt of a
copy of this order.
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