Inclusion of IAS officer in 7th Pay Commission challenged in Delhi HC | The Indian Express

One must go through the official pay committee report 2012 of Karnataka to understand the injustice(cruelty?) of IAS officers towards state government employees.The comittee comprised of only serving IAS officers of Karnataka state who hailed from North Indian states. The committee simply doubled the basic pay and reduced the DA to zero percent.Net result no hike in salary except in HRA. They also increased GPF subscription and government insurance premium resulting in decreased take home salary.IAS must not be allowed to head pay panels as they are definitely discriminatory towards other employees.In Karnataka,the employees association is dead long ago and it looks IAS officers enjoy seeing the lowest salary of state govt employees.The present initial gross salary of group A officers in Karnataka without HRA is Rs 34001.As per the reports the proposed 7th pay comission basic pay for PB-1 which is meant for Group D employees is Rs 34080.Inference-Group D employees of central govt are better placed than Gazetted group A employees of Karnataka state.This is the injustice meted out Karnataka govt employees by IAS committee. IAS officers must never be included in any pay panel.They enjoy comparing their higher salary with lower salaries of other employees.