Special allowance

Government vide notification granted Special Allowance of 20% of basic pay to the employees of Civil Secretariat from BSP-1 to 21

Employees of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat claimed that they were also entitled to the said Special Allowance

Appeal before Service Tribunal was accepted and employees were held entitled to get said Special Allowance

Validity

Notification whereby Special Allowance of 20% of basic pay had been granted to the employees of Civil Secretariat, had clearly provided that said allowance would be admissible only to the employees of Civil Secretariat; and that employees of other departments, which were either Special Institutions; or attached departments, were not entitled to the same

Notification, whereby Special Allowance was granted to employees of Civil Secretariat only, being self-speaking, employees, who were not employees of Civil Secretariat, but were employees of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, were not entitled for such Special Allowance; as Legislative Assembly was not part of Civil Secretariat

Appeal to Service Tribunal, which was not filed against final orders, otherwise was incompetent and was liable to be dismissed on that ground also

Judgment of Service Tribunal was set aside by Supreme Court, in circumstances.