AKIL KURESHI,J. - (1.)This petition is filed by a Programmer working under Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE, for short). He seeks pay parity with the Programmers engaged by the State Government in the Directorate of Treasuries on the ground that the duties and responsibilities of both posts are identical and the Government, therefore, cannot make artificial distinction in pay scales of two sets of employees.
(2.)Brief facts are as under: The petitioner was appointed on the said post on 25.10.2008 initially on fixed pay basis. In due course of time upon completion of 5(five) years of service the petitioner was brought in the regular pay scale carrying Pay Band of Rs.5,310-24,000 with a Grade Pay of Rs.2,100. Later on it was revised to the Pay Band of Rs.5,700-24,000 with Grade Pay of Rs.2,800. The petitioner would point out that a Programmer in the Department of Treasuries is placed in the same Pay Band of Rs.5,700-24,000 but with a higher Grade Pay of Rs.4,200. This is where the petitioner's grievance arises.
(3.)In the petition, the petitioner has contended that both the posts are equivalent, the duties and responsibilities are identical, their nomenclature as well as categorization as Group-C posts is also common. Merely because two posts are created under two different departments of the Government, the same cannot carry different pay scales.
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