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and he was appointed as Blue Printer on 27.01.1967.
The petitioner was appointed on redesignated post of Tracer on 24.10.1973 and he superannuated from service w.e.f. 28.02.2001. One Baleshwar Singh with whom the petitioner has sought parity in the payscale and grant of pension, was appointed as Blue Printer on 22.02.1966 however, he was appointed on redesignated post of Tracer on 02.02.1974. The said Baleshwar Singh superannuated from service w.e.f. 31.01.2007. However, by the impugned order dated 12.12.2007, the petitioner was denied the grant of payscale and pension at par with said Baleshwar Singh.
5. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that from the documents which has been provided to the petitioner from the RTI, it would appear that as far back as on 1.04.1971, the payscale of both, the petitioner and the said Baleshwar Singh was fixed at Rs.220/. He has further drawn attention of this Court to payscale which was fixed on 30.07.1981 when the payscale of the petitioner was fixed at Rs.551/ whereas, the payscale of said Baleshwar Singh was fixed at Rs.490/. He has further submitted that the petitioner was appointed on redesignated post of Tracer prior to the said Baleshwar Singh i.e. on 24.10.1973 whereas, the said Baleshwar Singh was appointed on redesignated post of Tracer on 02.02.1974 therefore, the petitioner is entitled to have his payscale fixed at par with said Baleshwar Singh.
6. As against the above, the learned counsel appearing for the respondents has submitted that since the petitioner was junior to the said Baleshwar Singh in as much as, the petitioner was appointed as Peon on 01.10.1966 whereas, the said Baleshwar Singh was appointed on the post of Blue Printer on 22.02.1966, that is, on higher post therefore, the petitioner cannot be granted payscale at par with the said Baleshwar Singh.
7. From the documents on record I find that, it has been admitted by the respondents that the petitioner was appointed on the post of Tracer on 24.10.1973 whereas, the said Baleshwar Singh was appointed on the post of Tracer on 02.02.1974. I further find that the document which has been provided to the petitioner through the RTI would disclose that the petitioner was drawing payscale at par or even more than the said Baleshwar Singh on different occasions however, no reason whatsoever, has been disclosed by the respondents for not granting payscale and pension to him compared to the said Baleshwar Singh. Moreover, once the petitioner joined the post of Tracer, the payscale applicable on the post of Tracer would be granted to the petitioner. The petitioner was appointed on redesignated post of Tracer w.e.f. 24.10.1973 and therefore, the petitioner cannot be denied the payscale which has been given to the Baleshwar Singh who was appointed on the post of Tracer on 02.02.1974. The date of initial appointment on the post of Tracer is the relevant date and not the date of joining the service.