Civil Appeal No.
The companybined Audit and Accounts Service was bifurcated into i Accounts and Entitlement Officer and ii Audit Office with separate cadres of their own.
The pay scale of the Section Officers in the Audit and Accounts Department was recommended to be revised from Rs.
650 1200 and that of the Assistants in the Central Secretariat from Rs.
270 575 to Rs.
80 of the Section Officers in the Audit Wing were given the pay scale of Rs.
2567 of 1983 by way of Special Leave is against the High Court judgment.
The aforesaid recommendations of the Third Pay Commission were accepted by the Government of India in companysultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Civil Miscellaneous Petition No.
484 of 1975 in the High Court of Delhi companytending that the nature of duties and responsibilities attached to their post were the same, if number more onerous, as were being performed by the Section Officers in the Central Secretariat and as such they claimed parity in the pay scales of the two cadres.
270 575.
11968, 12334 42 of 1984 in this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking the same relief.
2567 of 1983, Civil Writ Petition No.
The Commission did number accept the representation of the Section Officers of the Audit and Accounts Department to the effect that they were entitled to the same pay scale as was being recommended for the Section Officers in the Central Secretariat.
210 530 to Rs.
Y.P. Sharma and other Section Officers in the Audit and Accounts Department filed Civil Writ Petition No.
On the other hand, in the Central Secretariat there were two levels of Class II posts.
The S.A.S. Subordinate Accounts Service Accountants Superintendents in the Audit and Accounts Department were re designated as Section Officers Account and Audit with effect from April 1, 1973.
500 900 whereas the pay scale of Section Officers in the Central Secretariat was recommended to be revised from Rs.
While Civil Writ Petition No.
The options of all those who opted for the Audit Wing were accepted.
650 1040 and were designated as Accounts Officers.
1698 of 1979 challenging the bifurcation and also the grant of higher pay scale of Rs.
The Central Government set up the Third Pay Commission which was presided over by a former Judge of this Court.
The Commission took into companysideration all relevant facts and circumstances including expert evidence and submitted its report to the Government of India recommending revision of pay scales in various government departments including Audit and Accounts Department.
Options were given to the Section Officers to opt for either of the two bifurcated cadres.
650 1040 to the Section Officers designated as Account Officers in the Audit Wing.
6197 of 1984 was filed by the petitioners in writ petition No.
425 800.
The remaining 20 in the Audit Wing and all those in the Accounts and Entitlement Wing companytinued to be in the pay scale of Rs.
The lower level of Class II post of Assistant number gazetted was in the pay scale of Rs.
350 900 to Rs.
1698 of 1979 in this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking the same relief as was being asked for from the Delhi High Court.
The Letters Patent Appeal against the judgment was dismissed on July 20, 1982.
6197 of 1984 and Civil Writ Petition Nos.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, with a view to promote efficiency and improve quality of work, decided to reorganise the Department with effect from March 1,1984.
R. Mani Nair and others filed writ petitions No.
484 of 1975 was pending before the Delhi High Court, Shri K. Vasudevan Nair and other Section Officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department filed Civil Writ Petition No.
The revised pay scales came into force with effect from January 1, 1973.
Keeping in view the special functional needs of the two cadres the recruitment, training and placement policies were also redesigned.
500 900.
This is how Civil Appeal No.
The Learned Single Judge of the High Court dismissed the Writ Petition by his judgment dated March 15, 1982.
The post of Section Officer was categorised as Class III post and prior to January 1, 1973 it carried the pay scale of Rs.
Kuldip Singh, J. The question for our companysideration is whether the Section Officers working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are entitled to the same pay scales as are being drawn by the Section Officers in the Central Secretariat.
1698 of 1979 with C.M.P. No.
