Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 167 · Decided 31 March 1998
The State of West Bengal and ORS. v. Ranbindra Nath Sengupta and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 167 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 599
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1834/1998
- Decided
- 31 March 1998
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Service Law-West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowances) Rules, 1990-House Rent Allowance (HR.A.)-Dijferential Payment­ Classification for grant of HR.A.-Reasonableness of-HR.A. payable to Govt. employees living in Govt. accommodation and paying assessed rent as licence fee limited to in privately rented accommodations or in their own accommodations paid 15% of basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs. 800 per month-Fairness of-Held, the two classes of Govt. employees stand on A B c a different footing and such distinction is fair and just having a reasonable D basis on which HR.A.
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