In Brief
The respondent was initially appointed in 1982 as a Technical Assistant on work-charge basis and later absorbed in 1989 as a Civil Engineering Assistant in a different post with different pay scale. The State later downgraded his pay and pension, arguing the first Time Bound Promotion (TBP) should be calculated from 1989, not 1982. The High Court and Tribunal had set aside this downgrade. The Supreme Court partly allowed the State's appeal, holding TBP eligibility runs from 1989 (absorption date) but directed no recovery of amounts already paid, as the original grant was approved by Government and not due to employee misrepresentation.
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