A division bench of Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samant had last May ordered the state government employees to settle DA arrears within three months.  On May 20, the Calcutta High Court in a historic judgment said that DA is a fundamental right of government employees and the state government has to clear all the arrears DA (dearness allowance) of the Fifth Pay Commission within three months.  The deadline expired on August 19.  A week before the deadline, the state government filed a review petition on the High Court verdict.   After two consecutive days of hearing, Hon'ble Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta stayed the verdict.  Finally, at 10.30 am on 22nd September, the verdict on the review petition of the state government was announced. The review petition filed by the state in the DA case was dismissed.  A division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Sa...

On 20th May, the Calcutta High Court directed the state government to settle the arrears of DA of West Bengal state government employees within 3 months. Now the difference between the DA of state employees and central government employees is 31%.  The Calcutta High Court has given a historic verdict in the DA case. State government employees have returned the smile on their faces. The High Court's decision in the original case was based on the Fifth Pay Commission. The more the central government raises the DA, the more the state government employees lag behind. As a result, the pay gap between central and state government employees has widened. The central government implemented the seventh pay commission from January 1, 2022. Now central government employees are getting 34% DA of their basic salary. At the same time, state workers receive a DA of 3% of their basic pay, according to the Sixth Pay Commission. Now the DA difference between central and state employees is 31%. Ca...

3% DA announced by CM Mamata Banerjee, Effective from January 2021 Finally, the state government workers got good news.  On 03/12/2020, Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is announcing DA for Government Employees.  There has been a long-running lawsuit between the state government and an organization of government employees seeking payment of arrears and increase in DA.  This announcement of the Chief Minister is significant enough at this time.  State government employees will get 3% DA at the beginning of the new year.  This will cost the state government Rs 2,000 crore. On 03/12/2020, She heard their grievances and complaints in a meeting with the state government workers ’organization.  After that the Chief Minister informed about giving DA.  On this day, the Chief Minister said, “ Covid situation is going on.  The state government has less money.  However, like every year, you will get 3% DA in January.  I will raise money from ...