CAT Issues Contempt Notice to UT’s Secretary

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The Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench has issued notice to Sh. Saravjit Singh, IAS Secretary Education UT Administration

CAT Issues Contempt Notice to UT’s Secretary

Chandigarh : The Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench has issued notice to Sh. Saravjit Singh, IAS Secretary Education UT Administration besides DPI (S) Sh. Rubinderjeet  Singh Brar and DEO (S) Mrs. Vinay R Sood for April 24, 2019 while hearing a contempt  petition filed by Suman Sharma working as TGT on contract basis  in

Govt Model Senior Secondary School, (GMSSS), Sector 8, Chandigarh alongwith her 140 other colleagues seeking initiation of Contempt Proceedings  for non-compliance of judgment passed by CAT on July 16, 2018. Sh. Ranjivan Singh, Counsel for the applicants contended that earlier in the year 2017, the applicants have approached the CAT by way of filing Original Application

(OA) claiming the grant of Dearness Allowance (DA) as revised from time to time from their initial appointments on contract basis alongwith the basic pay as admissible to their counterparts. The said OA was allowed by CAT far back on July 16, 2018 but despite passing of 7 months the due arrears of the DA as revised from time to time was not granted to the applicants which compelled them to again approach CAT by filing Contempt Petition.