lordship Ms Justice R N Manjula upon hearing the Arguments advanced by Ms. M Prabhavathi for the petitioner the Court was pleased to hold that as the petitioner will fall under the category of the G.O this court is incline to direct the State by a mandamus to extend the benefits of G.O.Ms.No.216,Accordingly, this Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents 1 to 5 are directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 22.11.2019 and extend the benefits of G.O.Ms.No.216 in the light of the order of Full Bench of this Court dated 09.12.2016 made in Rev. Application No. 227 of 2015 etc., and accordingly award Selection Grade/Special Grade Scale of pay and revision of pensionery benefits within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
This Writ Petition was for a direction to the state to extent the entire benefits of G.O.Ms.216 dated 22.03.1993, by revising petitioner’s pay scale as well as pension from 01.06.1988.
The petitioner was awarded selection Grade on 24.02.1993 and Special Grade on 06.03.2013. The petitioner retired from service on 31.12.2013. However, the scale of pay was not revised as per G.O.Ms.No.216, Hence, the petitioner has filed W.P.No.26540 of 2014 to implement the benefits of G.O. Ms.No.216, for revision of pay scale from 01.06.1988 onwards. It is the grievance of the petitioner that though similarly placed teachers like the petitioner herein have got the full benefits of G.O.Ms.216. The matter was posted before the bench of Her lordship Ms Justice R N Manjula upon hearing the Arguments advanced by Ms. M Prabhavathi for the petitioner the Court was pleased to hold that as the petitioner will fall under the category of the G.O this court is incline to direct the State by a mandamus to extend the benefits of G.O.Ms.No.216,
Accordingly, this Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents 1 to 5 are directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 22.11.2019 and extend the benefits of G.O.Ms.No.216 in the light of the order of Full Bench of this Court dated 09.12.2016 made in Rev. Application No. 227 of 2015 etc., and accordingly award Selection Grade/Special Grade Scale of pay and revision of pensionery benefits within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
