R.T. Rangachari vs Secretary Of State on 19 December, 1933
2. The issue before the writ Court was whether the Physical
Instructors of +2 schools are entitled for grade pay of Rs.4800/-. The State
of Jharkhand set up a stand that the Physical Instructors of +2 schools shall
be provided grade pay of Rs.4200/- and not of Rs.4800/- if they do not
possess the qualification prescribed by the Central Government. The further
case pleaded by the State of Jharkhand was that the Physical Instructors
were appointed under the erstwhile State of Bihar and presently their
counter-parts in the State of Bihar are getting grade pay of Rs.4200/- and,
therefore, parity and uniformity should be maintained in the pay scale and
grade pay of the Physical Instructors working in the State of Bihar and the
State of Jharkhand. The writ Court referred to a decision in W.P.(S) 2696 of
2009 which was affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court in L.P.A
No. 496 of 2015 and formed an opinion that it was bound by the previous
judgments of this Court. The writ Court also referred to "R. T. Rangachari
v. Secretary of State" AIR 1937 PC 27, "State of M.P v. Mansinghra" AIR
1958 MP 1413, "H. C. Suman and Anr. v. Rehabilitation Ministry
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Employees Cooperative House Building Society Ltd., New Delhi & Ors."
(1991) 4 SCC 485, "S. Nagraj & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Anr." 1993
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