SUPREME COURT ORDERS PAYMENT OF V PC ARREARS
Dated:
26th February 2013
Dear Comrades,
Another
feather to AIRASA’s Cap. Justice has prevailed. All the eligible Accounts Staff
will get V PC arrears of Improved Payscales for the period from 1-1-96 to
18-02-2003.
It is
history that after a sustained struggle, in 2003, the Railway Accounts
employees under the banner of AIRASA achieved improved Pay scales in the V PC.
The same was granted notionally with effect from 1.1.1996 and actually from
19.2.2003.
Few
members of AIRASA in Trivandrum (Shri Jose Sebastian and 4 others) challenged
the decision of the Railway Board (ie Govt) to grant the higher pay scale from
19.2.12003 and demanded that higher pay (and subsequent arrears of pay) be paid
from 1.1.1996, in the CAT, Ernakulam.
CAT,
Ernakulam, on 30.6.2006, quashed the order of Railway Board granting notional
fixation from 1.1.1996 to 18.2.2003 and directed that the higher pay scale be
paid in real terms with effect from 1.1.1996. The Railway board moved HC of
Kerala against this directive of the CAT, Ernakulam. Finding no merit in the
writ petition moved by the Railway Board, the HC of Kerala rejected the appeal
(27.3.2012).
Railway
Board planned to move the SC. The petitioners (only three are still in service,
other two have since retired)under the guidance and support of AIRASA and its
General Secretary M.S. Unnikrishnan filed caveat in the SC so that the SLP by
the Railway Board is not admitted without hearing the original petitioners.
The
case finally came up for admission on 25th February 2013 and the SC
rejected the SLP, rather the SLP moved by the Railway Board was not admitted –
ie the CAT directive to pay arrears of pay from 1.1.1996 is upheld.
The
case has come to finality. AIRASA will
follow up with Railway board on receipt of the Copy of the Order to implement
the directive of the Court.
Other
pending demands including MACP anomalies are being followed up regularly and a
team of Office bearers will meet Board Officials shortly in this regard.
With
greetings,
Yours
fraternally
(M.S.unnikrishnan
)
General
Secretary
1 comment:
This indeed has been due to the dedicated efforts of A.I.R.A.S.A.
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