STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey ordered that lift operators of High Court are entitled to get equal pay for equal work and directed Registrar General to send a proposal to the Secretary Law for up-gradation of the pay scale of the petitioners at Rs.900-1830 (pre-revised) to Rs.4000-6000, as the existing posts were downgraded erroneously, from the date of their appointment within a period of three weeks.
Lift Operators of High Court had filed a petition praying for directing the respondents to fix the pay of the petitioners retrospectively in the pay scale of 4000-6000 as paid to the Lift Operators working in other Government departments like Civil Secretariat, Estates etc.
Division Bench also directed Secretary Law to upgrade the pay scale of the petitioners and pass orders within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the proposal from Registrar General of J&K High Court.
In the petition, petitioners stated that they are trained Lift Operators having vast experience and are posted in the High Court. According to the petitioners, Lift Operators working in other Government Departments are being paid higher pay scale of Rs.4000-6000. The petitioners, as stated, are making representations from 2003 for grant of higher pay grade of Rs.4000-6000 and on no action having taken, the petitioners filed the present writ petition with the aforesaid prayer.
