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Union Of India & Ors vs P. Jagdish And Others on 17 December, 1996

(b) Union of India vs P. Jagdish (1997) 3 SCC 176 Under the provisions of Fundamental Rules to remove the anomaly of a government servant promoted or appointed to a higher post earlier drawing a lower rate of pay in that post than another government servant junior to him in the lower grade and promoted or appointed subsequently to the higher post, the principle of stepping up of the pay is applied. In such cases the pay of the senior officer in the higher post is required to be stepped up to a figure equal to the pay as fixed for the junior officer in that higher post. The stepping up is required to be done with effect from the date of promotion or appointment of the junior officer. On refixation of the pay of the senior officer by applying the principle of stepping up, the next increment of the said officer would be drawn on completion of the requisite qualifying service with effect from the date of the refixation of pay. This principle becomes applicable when the junior officer and the senior officer belong to the same category and the post from which they have been promoted and in the promoted cadre the junior officer on being promoted later than the senior officer gets a higher pay.
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