The writ petition filed in the High Court by the AP Gazetted Officers’ Joint Action Committee chairman K.V. Krishnaiah against the government employees’ revised pay scales of 2022 notified through G.O. Ms. No. 1 on January 17 is listed for hearing by a Division Bench comprising Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and B.S. Bhanumathi on January 24.
Mr. Krishnaiah stated in the petition that the G.O. No. 1 is contrary to the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 and the Constitution of India. He sought a direction to the respondents (Chief Secretary, Principal Secretaries - Finance and Revenue, PRC Commissioner and Secretary of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs) to notify the pay scales only after taking their representations into consideration in order to ensure that their salaries are protected by continuing the payment of existing emoluments like HRA.
