In Brief
A government servant granted an upgraded pay scale under the Assured Career Progression scheme between January 2006 and the notification of revised pay rules sought correct fixation of his pay. The Supreme Court held that since his upgradation resulted from the ACP scheme—not from the 6th Pay Commission recommendations—and he elected to switch to the revised structure from the upgradation date, Rule 11 (not Rule 7) governed his pay fixation. The Court distinguished the cited precedent as inapplicable and upheld the High Court's decision requiring pay recalculation under the proper rule.
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