Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay vs The State Of Jharkhand on 16 December, 2025
6. In the meantime, the Fitment Appellate Committee headed by
Hon’ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) Aftab Alam, on 15.01.2000, examined the
anomaly afresh and recommended the uniform revised scale of
₹5000-8000 for all sixteen posts. Relying on the judgment in
Nagendra Sahani (Supra) and the Fitment Appellate Committee’s
report, the Appellant addressed representations to the Respondent -
Employer, on 01.04.2001 and 27.04.2002, seeking grant of the
higher scale of pay from the date of his appointment. However, these
representations were rejected vide letter dated 13.09.2004. In the
meantime, by promulgation of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 20003,
the State of Jharkhand was carved out of the territory of the State of
3 Act No. 30 of 2000.
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Bihar, and the services of the Appellant, who was earlier appointed
by the State of Bihar were allocated to the State of Jharkhand.