In Brief
The Supreme Court resolved a dispute about pay fixation for government employees under the 6th Pay Commission Rules. The Court clarified that when determining the revised pay of employees effective from 1st January 2006, the multiplying factor of 1.86 must be applied to the basic pay as it existed on that date, then rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. The Court rejected the alternative interpretation that the factor should be applied to an already-revised pay-scale. The Court upheld the Madras Administrative Tribunal's order supporting this methodology. The appeals were allowed and no costs were imposed."}
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