https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287507 Rule 74(b) of the Orissa Service Code governed fixation of pay on promotion and required the initial pay to be fixed at the stage next above the pay notionally arrived at after adding the prescribed increment, so that promotion did not result in lower pay. Because the Code was framed under Article 309, executive circulars could not override or dilute the statutory rule. A circular-based fixation that reduced the employee's pay was therefore inconsistent with the governing provision and could not stand. en-us Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:56:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287507 Rule 74(b) of the Orissa Service Code governed fixation of pay on promotion and required the initial pay to be fixed at the stage next above the pay notionally arrived at after adding the prescribed increment, so that promotion did not result in lower pay. Because the Code was framed under Article 309, executive circulars could not override or dilute the statutory rule. A circular-based fixation that reduced the employee's pay was therefore inconsistent with the governing provision and could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287507