{"id":1774,"date":"2009-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-ezra-stalin-on-20-march-2009-2"},"modified":"2015-03-22T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:42:47","slug":"union-of-india-vs-ezra-stalin-on-20-march-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-ezra-stalin-on-20-march-2009-2","title":{"rendered":"Union Of India vs Ezra Stalin on 20 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Union Of India vs Ezra Stalin on 20 March, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 17018 of 2006(S)\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER,\n3. THE DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. EZRA STALIN, KHALASI HELPER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SMT.M.R.SREELETHA, SC, RAILWAYS\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.T.A.RAJAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS\n\n Dated :20\/03\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n  K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp; M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ.\n               ----------------------------------------\n                W.P.(C) No. 17018 OF 2006\n               ----------------------------------------\n           Dated this the 20th day of March, 2009\n\n                       J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>                       ~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Balakrishnan Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The respondents in the O.A.No.335\/2003 before the<\/p>\n<p>Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench, are the writ<\/p>\n<p>petitioners. The applicant is the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>      2.  The brief facts of the case are the following:<\/p>\n<p>      The applicant joined the Railway Protection Force as a<\/p>\n<p>Constable on 2.1.1996.       He was an apprentice under the<\/p>\n<p>Apprentices Act 1963, who completed his training in an<\/p>\n<p>establishment under the Railways. As per the scheme of the<\/p>\n<p>Railways to absorb such persons in the establishments, where<\/p>\n<p>they underwent training, about one hundred of such apprentices<\/p>\n<p>were appointed as Substitute Khalasi in Group D cadre. The<\/p>\n<p>applicant was one among them. The appointment as Substitute<\/p>\n<p>Khalasi was made as per Ext.P1 dated 26.3.1999.           He was<\/p>\n<p>granted temporary status as per Ext.P3 proceedings dated<\/p>\n<p>17.7.2000 with retrospective effect from 27.11.1999. Later, he<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(C) No.17018\/2006            2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>was absorbed as temporary Khalasi in the scale of pay of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.2550-3200 with effect from 26.7.2000. It was also ordered<\/p>\n<p>that he will be on probation for a period of two years. On a<\/p>\n<p>representation filed by the applicant, the Chief Personnel Officer<\/p>\n<p>as per Ext.P7 clarified that the service rendered by the applicant<\/p>\n<p>as Constable will be counted for all purposes except for<\/p>\n<p>seniority. Relying on Ext.P7, the applicant&#8217;s salary was fixed as<\/p>\n<p>per Ext.P8. On objection being taken against it by the competent<\/p>\n<p>authority, the salary was refixed as per Ext.P12 order dated<\/p>\n<p>6.3.2003 and his initial pay was fixed in the minimum of the time<\/p>\n<p>scale of pay applicable to Khalasi.      The scale of pay of the<\/p>\n<p>Constable was Rs.3050-4590. The scale of Khalasi at the relevant<\/p>\n<p>time was 2500-3200\/-. When he was appointed as a Khalasi he<\/p>\n<p>was drawing the basic pay of Rs.3125 in the scale of pay of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.3050-4590\/-. Aggrieved by Ext.P12, the Original Application<\/p>\n<p>was filed challenging the same and also the proposed recovery<\/p>\n<p>from him of the alleged excess salary paid to him.<\/p>\n<p>     3.     The applicant contended that he was relieved from the<\/p>\n<p>Security Branch of the Railways and allowed to join another<\/p>\n<p>branch as Khalasi. There was no gap between the relieving and<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(C) No.17018\/2006              3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>joining duty. So, as per the relevant rules, the pay drawn by him<\/p>\n<p>should be protected. The stand of the writ petitioners that he<\/p>\n<p>should start in the minimum of the scale of pay of Khalasi, as if,<\/p>\n<p>he is a new recruit is unjustified.        The respondents in the<\/p>\n<p>Original Application, who are the writ petitioners herein, filed<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P14 reply statement supporting their stand. The Tribunal,<\/p>\n<p>after hearing both sides, held that the order revising his pay is<\/p>\n<p>unsustainable and the applicant is entitled to get protection of<\/p>\n<p>his pay of Rs.3125\/-.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>     4.     Aggrieved by the above direction, the respondents in<\/p>\n<p>the Original Application preferred this writ petition. We heard<\/p>\n<p>the learned counsel on both sides.        Rule 1515 of the Indian<\/p>\n<p>Railway Establishment Manual (IREM) reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            &#8220;1515- Rights and privileges admissible to the<br \/>\n            Substitute &#8211; Substitutes should be afforded<br \/>\n            all the rights and privileges as may be<br \/>\n            admissible to temporary railway servants,<br \/>\n            from time to time on completion of four<br \/>\n            months continuous service. Substitute school<br \/>\n            teachers   may,    however,    be   afforded<br \/>\n            temporary status after they have put in<br \/>\n            continuous service of three months and their<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(C) No.17018\/2006                    4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            services should be treated as continuous for<br \/>\n            all purposes except seniority on their eventual<br \/>\n            absorption      against     regular posts  after<br \/>\n            selection. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>     5.     As per the above Rule, on appointment as a substitute,<\/p>\n<p>the applicant is entitled to get all benefits admissible to<\/p>\n<p>temporary railway servants on completion of 4 months service.<\/p>\n<p>Once he becomes a temporary servant, the fixation of his<\/p>\n<p>substantive pay shall be as provided under Fundamental Rule 22,<\/p>\n<p>which is Rule 1313 of the Indian Railway Establishment Manual.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant portion of that Rule reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            &#8220;1313(FR 22)- Fixation of initial substantive<br \/>\n            Pay- The initial substantive pay of a railway<br \/>\n            servant who is appointed substantively to a<br \/>\n            post on timescale pay is regulated as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                   (a)   if he holds lien on a permanent<br \/>\n            post, other than a tenure post, or would hold a<br \/>\n            lien on such a post had his lien not been<br \/>\n            suspended:-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                         (i)        when appointment to the<br \/>\n            new post involves the assumption of duties or<br \/>\n            responsibilities of greater importance (as<br \/>\n            interpreted for the purpose of Rule 1325<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(C) No.17018\/2006              5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            i.e. FR30) than those attaching to such<br \/>\n            permanent post, he will draw as initial pay, a<br \/>\n            stage of the time scale next above the<br \/>\n            substantive pay in respect of the old post.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      6.    Going by the above Rule, the applicant is entitled to<\/p>\n<p>get his pay protected in the new post. But, the learned counsel<\/p>\n<p>for the writ petitioners pointed out that the applicant can get the<\/p>\n<p>benefit of Rule 22 only after completing four months service as<\/p>\n<p>Substitute. We find force in the said submission. Going by the<\/p>\n<p>order of the C.A.T., the applicant is entitled to get the pay of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.3125\/- from 30.7.1999. But, the applicant will get temporary<\/p>\n<p>status only after rendering four months service. We, therefore,<\/p>\n<p>order that he is entitled to get the pay of Rs.3125\/- only from<\/p>\n<p>27.11.1999. The judgment of the Tribunal, Ext.P15, is modified<\/p>\n<p>to the above extent.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      The Writ Petition is disposed of as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                             (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>                               (M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JUDGE)<br \/>\nps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Union Of India vs Ezra Stalin on 20 March, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 17018 of 2006(S) 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED &#8230; Petitioner 2. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER, 3. THE DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, Vs 1. EZRA STALIN, KHALASI HELPER, &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SMT.M.R.SREELETHA, SC, RAILWAYS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Union Of India vs Ezra Stalin on 20 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-ezra-stalin-on-20-march-2009-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Of India vs Ezra Stalin on 20 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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