L. Parmeswaran vs Chief Personal Officer & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether an employee, who has worked for an extended period in an ex-cadre post, is entitled to the protection of the scale of pay upon reversion to their parent cadre. The Court upheld the decisions of the Central Administrative Tribunal and the High Court, affirming that the reversion was valid and that the employee's promotion to the ex-cadre post did not confer any permanent rights to the higher pay scale. The Court emphasized that reversion to the parent cadre is a natural consequence of promotion in an ex-cadre post, thus ruling against the appellant's claim.