New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of West Bengal government employees in the long-standing dispute over payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears for the period 2008-2019, holding that they have a legally enforceable right to DA calculated in accordance with the All-India Consumer Price Index (AICPI).
However, the Court partly allowed the State's appeal by holding that employees are not entitled to the payment of DA twice a year.
A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra delivered the verdict in the case between the State of West Bengal & employees bodies including the Confederation of State Government Employees, West Bengal , rejecting the State's defence that financial co...