The Punjab government had decided to keep the newly appointed employees on probation for three years, during which provision was made to pay them only basic salary and DA, special pay, increment and other benefits were also denied to the workers.
In this, service was counted from the date of permanent appointment after 3 years and these three years period was not added in the calculation of salary. The Punjab-Haryana High Court has termed this order of the Punjab government as wrong.
Government Employees Salary-Allowance: The Punjab-Haryana High Court has once again given a big relief to the Government Government of Punjab. The High Court has ordered the employees to be paid salary from the date of appointment.
For this, the High Court has given the state government 3 months time. The Punjab-Haryana High Court has termed as erroneous the order of the Punjab Government in which the employees were entitled to only basic pay for the probation period of 3 years.
This was the decision of the Punjab government
In fact, the Punjab government had decided to keep the newly appointed employees on probation for three years, during which provision was made to pay them only basic salary and DA, special pay, increment and other benefits were also denied to the workers. .
In this, service was calculated from the date of permanent appointment after 3 years and these three years period was not added in the calculation of salary. After this the matter reached the High Court and more than 100 petitions were filed.
Salary payment orders within 3 months
The High Court heard the matter and while giving relief to the employees, ordered the state government to pay the deducted amount within three months to the employees from whose salary the allowance was deducted.
The High Court has considered the employees who have served under the Probation Rule in the Punjab Government as eligible for the benefit of deducted allowance and has ordered the Punjab Government that these employees will have to pay their deducted allowance to the Punjab Government within three months. .
Cannot deprive employees of benefits
While giving its verdict on 102 petitions, the High Court said that this notification has already been rejected by the Punjab-Haryana High Court. The Punjab Government has challenged that order in the High Court and the Rajasthan Government has also taken an appeal in the High Court against a similar order through SLP.
The Supreme Court has issued notices on the petitions of both the Rajasthan Government and the Punjab Government, but has not stayed the order of the High Court in any case, so the employees cannot be deprived of their benefits. Along with this, the court held that the date of commencement of service of the employee should be considered from the date of appointment.
