Implementation of the recommendations of Shetty Pay Commission

Implementation of the recommendations of Shetty Pay Commission

DB directs CS to convene meeting and trying resolve all issues

 JKUT (Jammu), August-02-2021-( JNF):-  In a petition is filed by the employees borne on the cadre of Subordinate Courts through JEWA State President Mangat Ram Parihar & Ors seeking implementation of Shetty Commission Report so far as recommendations pertaining to the Ministerial staff working in the Subordinate Courts in the State of Jammu and Kashmir are concerned, which was agreed to by the State Government and, to pay the arrears which are admissible to the Ministerial Staff working in the Subordinate Courts by implementing the Shetty Commission report w.e.f. 01.04.2003.

         A Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing Comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Puneet Gupta Chief Secretary to convene a meeting of the Financial Commissioner, Law Secretary and the Registrar General at some convenient date and time and to try to resolve all the issues as have been highlighted in the aforesaid report of the Amicus curiae as also the response submitted by the State /Action Taken Report.

         DB further directed that the meeting would be convened within a period of one month and a comprehensive report may be submitted in this regard from the side of the State.

         This significant order has been passed When Sr. adv Pranav Kohli has filed a report dated 06.04.2021 clearly stating therein the number of points on which the recommendations have not been implemented.

         It appears that there is a shifting of responsibility from the Office of Financial Commissioner/Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs  upon the High Court and vice versa. JNF