Service Law – Pay revision – Entitlement to – Held: On conjoint reading of D.O./orders dated 27.09.2006 and 02.06.2008, all those employees subject to fulfilment of the conditions mentioned in D.O./order dated 02.06.2008 shall be entitled to the additional 2% in addition to the existing pay, irrespective of whether as on 01.04.2003 they were in service or not – Thus, the case on behalf of the appellants that since the respondents-Assistant Executive Engineers (Electrical) were not appointed as on 01.04.2003 and they were appointed subsequently in the year 2007, therefore, not entitled to the additional 2% has no substance – However, the Single Judge and the Division Bench of the High Court erred in directing to revise the pay scale of the respondents by adding 2% to the basic pay automatically that too from the date of their appointment – Respondents shall be entitled to the additional 2% in addition to the existing pay to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical), however, subject to the conditions as mentioned in the D.O./order dated 02.06.2008, i.e. subject to achieving the performance targets by the concerned officers.
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