The Supreme Court and Dearness Allowance

 The decision of the Apex Court to defer the ongoing case linked to the non payment of dearness allowance dues to the employees of the West Bengal government till January 7, 2025 is rather surprising considering the fact that it is connected with the fate of several lakhs of employees who have been deprived of their rightful dues. This particular case stands in sharp contrast to  other cases concerning West Bengal which have been dealt with expeditiously by the topmost Court of the country. The West Bengal government employees have been agitating for quite sometime now and have justifiably been demanding the payment of the Dearness Allowance at par with their central government counterparts. While the majority of the states in the country have hiked the quantum of dearness allowance that it pays to it employees close to what the employees of the central government, West Bengal is the only state where the difference between the dearness allowance it pays to its  employees and those received by the central government employees is quite considerable. It is rather strange to see the Supreme Court's approach since the Calcutta High Court in an earlier verdict had emphasised that dearness allowance was a matter of right for all government employees of West Bengal which was subsequently challenged by the West Bengal Government in the Supreme Court. It is noteworthy to state that the Supreme Court has been deferring the case time and again and the recent postponement of the hearing on grounds that the case needs to be studied in detail has raised eyebrows among a section of the lawyer's since it has been pending before the Supreme Court for a considerable duration of time. The West Bengal government employees are in a state of despair especially the pensioners who have been the worst affected by the prolonged delay of the Apex Court in delivering a concrete verdict on the dearness allowance issue. Justice delayed is justice denied and the dearness allowance case is a fit case that establishes it. It is imperative for the Apex Court to expedite the Dearness Allowance case of the West Bengal Government employees so that those fighting for their legitimate rights obtain a fair deal.

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