Article 165 remuneration may be revised, and pending Advocate-General fee claims can be governed by the amended notification.

Under Article 165, the Governor may determine the Advocate-General's remuneration, and where the appointment terms contemplate amendment from time to time, the fee structure is not immutable. The revised notification rationalised fees for batch matters and cases covered by earlier judgments, and there was no legal basis to insist on the earlier scale continuing unchanged during tenure. The amendment was therefore within competence and valid, with pending fee claims governed by the amended notification. The Advocate-General was required to submit revised bills accordingly, and payment was restricted to the revised scale with interest as directed.

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Issues: Whether the Governor could amend the remuneration payable to the Advocate-General under Article 165 of the Constitution of India and whether the revised fee notification applied to pending fee claims.

Analysis: Article 165 provides that the Advocate-General holds office during the pleasure of the Governor and receives such remuneration as the Governor may determine. The terms of appointment expressly contemplated that they would be governed by rules framed under Article 165 as amended from time to time. The office is essentially one of advocate and client in relation to court work, and the fee structure fixed under the earlier notification was not immutable. The revised notification rationalised fees for batch matters and cases covered by earlier judgments, and there was no legal basis to insist that the earlier scale must continue unchanged during the appellant's tenure. The amendment did not suffer from want of competence merely because it altered the fee arrangement.

Conclusion: The revised notification was valid and the appellant was bound to submit revised bills in accordance with it.

Final Conclusion: The appeal failed on the merits, and the appellant's entitlement was restricted to payment computed under the amended fee notification together with interest as directed.

Ratio Decidendi: Where the governing terms of appointment under Article 165 contemplate amendment from time to time, the remuneration of an Advocate-General may be altered by the competent authority and the revised fee structure can govern pending claims.

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