PATNA, India, March 5 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on March 3:
Heard Mr. Pratap Sharma, the learned Advocate for the appellant and Mr. Parijat Saurav, the learned counsel for the State.
2. The appellant is a Lady Extension Officer, who had sought the pay-scale of Level-7, which is being paid to the Extension Officers of Trade and Commerce Department.
3. The contention of the appellant before the learned Single Judge was that the Special Secretary to the Government had communicated with the Principal Secretary of Finance Department that the Extension Officers of Trade and Commerce Department perform the same work as the Lady Extension Officers and therefore they should be afforded the same pay-scale.
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