The Supreme Court docket has directed the Mamata Banerjee-led state authorities in West Bengal to clear excellent dearness allowance (DA) dues to eligible workers inside the subsequent three months, information company Press Belief of India (PTI) reported on Friday. This might convey reduction to state authorities employees within the type of windfall as a result of sudden launch of the amount of cash. Dearness allowance is a particular allowance geared toward compensating central and state administration employees, public sector workers and pensioners for the rising value of dwelling. In different phrases, dearness allowance is supposed to assist offset the influence of inflation on the eligible individuals’s buying energy.
How a lot dearness allowance can the state authorities employees anticipate?
The highest court docket has directed the state to pay a dearness allowance of 25 per cent for the three-month interval, in line with the report.
Earlier, a gaggle of West Bengal state administration employees approached the Calcutta Excessive Court docket, in search of a dearness allowance at par with their central authorities counterparts.
In Might 2022, the Calcutta Excessive Court docket directed the West Bengal state authorities to pay DA at central authorities charges.
Then, the West Bengal authorities challenged this ruling within the nation’s apex court docket in November 2022.
Since then, the state has declared a number of hikes in dearness allowance. Nonetheless, the DA charge within the state continues to be considerably decrease than that of the central authorities. The hole reportedly stands at 37 per cent.
