Law Clerks-cum-Research Assistants of the Calcutta High Court have written to Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava seeking enhanced pay structure.
The letter averred that prices of essential commodities are on a steep hike and that they do not receive anything by way of inflation rebate. It was also underscored that as contractual employees, they have to sustain on their salaries that have remained stagnant for the past 6 years.
It may be noted that the pay structure for Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistants at the Calcutta High Court currently stands at Rs 35,000 per month.
"Your Lordship is well aware that prices of essential commodities are on a steep hike and that we do not receive anything by way of inflation rebate. As contractual employees we have to subsist only on our salary which is fixed/stagnant for the last six years", the letter reads.
Examples of the salary structure for Law Clerk cum Researcher Assistants at Delhi and Rajasthan were also cited while urging the Chief Justice to consider revising their pay scale.
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