Dearness allowance (DA) is the extra money given to employees and pensioners to deal with rising prices. In India, with a humble beginning during World War I, DA for government employees has, since Independence, become a rule rather than an exception. In the West Bengal DA case, the country eagerly awaits the Supreme Court’s pronouncement on whether DA is a fundamental right of government employees.
A legal dispute on delays in payment of DA, festering since at least 2017 in the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal and High Court, has finally reached the Supreme Court in an appeal. The higher courts
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