Andaman Chief Secretary and Lt Governor fined in a Supreme Court setback.

An order passed on December 19 last year had awarded higher pay and DA to 4,000 Daily Rated Mazdoors.

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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Calcutta High Court suspending Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra and imposing a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Lt. Governor DK Joshi for not complying with an earlier order on releasing benefits to workers.

Supreme Court Intervention

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the chief secretary and the LG, and stayed the order of the Port Blair bench of the high court.

“We will stay these directions. You (the petitioners) must have gotten the judges really riled up to get this… We are keeping it on next Friday,” the bench said.

High Court Decision

In a significant development, the high court suspended Mr Chandra and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the LG (which he has to bear from his own fund) on Thursday for not complying with an earlier order on releasing benefits to workers.

An order passed on December 19 last year had awarded higher pay and DA to nearly 4,000 Daily Rated Mazdoors (DRMs) employed by the island administration.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Summary:

• The Supreme Court stays the suspension order on Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra.
• Lt. Governor DK Joshi fined Rs 5 lakh for non-compliance with an earlier order.
• High court suspended Mr Chandra and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the LG.
• An order passed in December 2022 awarded higher pay and DA to nearly 4,000 Daily Rated Mazdoors.

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