In Brief
A government employee appointed as a clerk was promoted through various positions to Superintendent Grade II and then Grade I on an officiating basis. Although the appointment orders stipulated he would continue in his own pay scale pending departmental promotion committee approval, he worked in these higher positions performing greater responsibilities until superannuation. The Supreme Court held that an employee working in a higher post with greater duties is entitled to the corresponding pay scale, and conditions in orders or undertakings purporting to deny such benefits are contrary to public policy and unenforceable. The appeal was dismissed.
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