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HC stays Kerala Govt order renaming special pay as special allowance

HC stays Kerala Govt order renaming special pay as special allowance: The Kerala High Court has put on hold a state government order renaming judicial officers' special pay as "special allowance", stating that it was an attempt to deny them monetary benefits and that it "cannot be sustained" prima facie. Justice V G Arun issued the interim order in response to a petition filed by the Kerala Judicial Officers Association, which sought to overturn the state government's decision in 2022, which renamed special pay as "special allow      Read More