Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Uniform Pay & Service Conditions For High Court Employees

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed seeking directions to examine and evolve an LP appropriate pay structure and emoluments to the employees of the High Court across India.A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued the direction while hearing a plea which has also sought a permanent mechanism for review of pay and service condition and current working conditions of employees of High Court across India.The plea filed by All India High Court Employees Federation has sought directions to provide uniform or comparable pay structure/ basic pay scale, emoluments etc and other working conditions to its members across High Courts.The members of the petitioner Association have argued that there is disparity in their pay scales and emoluments and discrimination with regard to determination of their pay, allowances as well as working conditions amongst them.Further, the petitioner has urged the Court to refer the case of the employees of the High Courts throughout India to the Commission headed by Justice P. Venkatarama Reddi or any other Commission as it may be deemed fit.The plea filed through Advocate Mayuri Raghuvanshi has sought court's directions to examine and suggest functional designations for the posts in the High Court according to the job contents and suggest simplification/modification of the cadre structure, if any."The pay scales determined by the State Government or Central Government for its employees are made applicable to the staff of the High Court even when nature of duty performed by the staff of the High Court is distinct and different from the nature of duty performed by the employees of State or Central government. On the other hand this also results in disparity of pay and other service conditions of the employees across the High Courts." the plea has argued.The Bench will hear the matter next on 7th October, 2021.Case Title: All India High Court Employees Federation vs Union of India & Ors.Click Here To Read/ Download Order

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Uniform Pay & Service Conditions For High Court Employees

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