Today, On 2nd May, The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by the Trinamool Congress challenging the use of central and PSU employees as counting supervisors for the West Bengal Assembly elections. The Court said ECI circular be followed “in letter and spirit.”
The Supreme Court has directed the West Bengal government to pay pending dearness allowance to its employees for the period 2008–2019, calling DA a legally enforceable right. The State has been ordered to release 25% of the arrears by March 6, with further payments to be monitored by a court-appointed committee.
