Federal govt employees to get 20pc pay raise as SC allows appeal
- By Hassan Ayub -
- Feb 04, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an appeal of federal government employees seeking a 20 per cent increase in their salaries on account of secretariat allowance.
A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Maqbool Baqar, heard the appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Jun 14, 2018 verdict.
The bench set aside the high court’s verdict, allowing a 20 per cent increase in salaries of federal govt employees on account of secretariat allowance.
The judges observed the federal govt needs to stop meeting out unfair treatment to its employee.
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All employees are entitled to secretariat allowance, the bench ruled.
Earlier, on Jun 14, 2018, a two-judge bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) had allowed the government’s appeal against the orders of a single bench that had allowed for increasing 20 per cent salaries of all federal government employees on account of special allowance.
The federal govt had challenged the orders of a single bench saying the said allowance would cost Rs 50 billion per annum to the national exchequer that government could not afford.