. COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GEN.OF INDIA vs PRADEEP DESHMUKH — C.A. No. 7505 - 7511/2012

Case Summary The Supreme Court dismissed the Comptroller and Auditor General's appeals challenging the grant of special allowances and higher pay scales to respondent employees. The Court upheld lower courts' findings that while special allowances for assigned tasks can justify higher pay for junior employees, such grants must follow objective criteria applied uniformly to all similarly-situated employees, not be based on arbitrary officer discretion. The Court directed financial implications of the orders be remitted to respondents within three months. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.