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Release of DA Arrears | Breather for Punjab as HC adjourns hearing to July 1, issues notice on stay plea | Chandigarh News

Release of DA Arrears | Breather for Punjab as HC adjourns hearing to July 1, issues notice on stay plea | Chandigarh News

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3 min readChandigarhMay 26, 2026 10:09 AM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to release of pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears of Punjab government employees and pensioners till July 1. The court also issued notices to the respondents on the Punjab government’s plea seeking a stay on the April 8 order of the single bench, wherein the court had directed the State to release 58 per cent DA to the employees and pensioners. As the matter came up for resumed hearing before a division bench of Justices Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Amarjot Bhatti, Senior Advocate DS Patwalia, appearing for the Punjab government, submitted a sealed report of the Cabinet sub-committee outlining the proposed roadmap for releasing the pending DA arrears. Patwalia submitted that the State is acting on the recommendations of the Cabinet sub-committee regarding the release of pending DA installments and implementation of revised DA rates for employees and sought a stay on the single Bench’s April 8 order. A single judge bench on …

Dearness Allowance hike likely in April 2026 for central govt employees; arrears also expected| India News

Dearness Allowance hike likely in April 2026 for central govt employees; arrears also expected| India News

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Central government employees are likely to receive a salary increase in April 2026, as an announcement regarding the January 2026 Dearness Allowance (DA) hike is expected next month. If this happens, both employees and pensioners will see an increase in their April 2026 payments. According to official estimates, the move will benefit approximately 50 lakh serving central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners nationwide. (Bloomberg) According to a report by Live Hindustan, the DA hike is revised twice a year. The first revision usually takes place in March, around Holi, and is effective from January 1. The second revision happens in October/November and is effective from July 1. However, this year, no announcement regarding a DA hike was made during Holi. It is therefore quite possible that the hike may be announced in April, the report said. How much will the hike be? Currently, the DA for central government employees stands at 58%. According to the aforementioned report, there could be an increase of 2–3%, which would take the DA to 60% or 61%. This …

Cabinet nod for 50% waiver of property tax arrears in Andhra Pradesh

Cabinet nod for 50% waiver of property tax arrears in Andhra Pradesh

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The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday approved a series of decisions aimed at governance reforms, infrastructure development, and welfare measures. A major highlight was the one-time waiver of 50% of accumulated interest on property tax arrears for 2025–26. The benefit would be passed on if payment was made in lump sum, and the deadline was March 31, 2026. Briefing the media, I&PR Minister Kolusu Parthasarathi said the Cabinet approved a resolution to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, to explicitly recognise Amaravati as the State capital, including areas under the APCRDA Act. In a pro-livelihood initiative, quarry leases would be preferentially allotted to Vaddera societies with a 50% concession on premiums and fees. About 15% of quarries would be reserved, restoring opportunities to the community affected by earlier auction policies. The Cabinet permitted SRM University at Neerukonda to construct buildings up to 60 metres, relaxing existing norms to support modern infrastructure, while mandating strict fire safety compliance. Addressing judicial infrastructure, the Cabinet approved the High Court’s proposal …

Mamata govt. to clear DA arrears of staff, pensioners

Mamata govt. to clear DA arrears of staff, pensioners

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a protest rally in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: ANI An hour before the Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday (March 15, 2026) said that her government will clear DA arrears of its employees and pensioners from March this year. “I am happy to announce that our… government has delivered on its promise to all its employees and pensioners, and to lakhs of teachers and non-teaching staff of our educational institutions, as well as employees/ pensioners of our other grant-in-aid instititions like panchayats, municipal bodies, other local bodies etc. They will start receiving their ROPA 2009 DA arrears from March 2026 onwards as per the modalities detailed out in the Notifications issued by our Finance Department,” she posted on X. The arrears relate to the Revision of Pay and Allowances (ROPA) 2009, a long-standing demand of government employees and pensioners, covering salaries and allowances of teachers, municipal and panchayat staffers, and other grant-in-aid institutions. A section of State …

Karnataka transport workers to protest in Bengaluru on Jan 29 over pay arrears, wage revision

Karnataka transport workers to protest in Bengaluru on Jan 29 over pay arrears, wage revision

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Transport workers employed with Karnataka’s state-run bus corporations have decided to restart protests next week, stepping up pressure on the government over unresolved pay issues that have been pending for years. A major demonstration is set for January 29 in Bengaluru by transport workers. (PTI) ALSO READ | Artist surprises KSRTC conductor with a pencil sketch during bus journey, video wins hearts: ‘Her smile said it all’ The Joint Action Committee (JAC), which brings together unions from all Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) in the state, has announced a ‘Bengaluru Chalo’ protest, The Hindu reported. As part of this, employees will hold a day-long demonstration at Freedom Park on January 29, from 10 am to 4 pm. Union leaders said workers from all four government transport corporations will travel to Bengaluru to take part. Ahead of the protest, the JAC has submitted a written memorandum to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, accusing the government of failing to move forward despite several rounds of discussions. Why are workers planning to protest? The main issue behind the agitation is …

CJI-designate identifies chipping away at 90,000-strong arrears in Supreme Court as his first priority

CJI-designate identifies chipping away at 90,000-strong arrears in Supreme Court as his first priority

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Justice Surya Kant, appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI), will formally take oath on November 24, succeeding Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Justice of India-designate Justice Surya Kant on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said one of the biggest challenges in his tenure as top judge would be to bring 90,000 pending cases in the Supreme Court down to a “manageable” number. Even as he spoke at 7, Krishna Menon Marg to mediapersons, the number in the National Judicial Data Grid climbed to 90,225.  Justice Kant said he did not want to engage in a blame-game on who was responsible for the staggering number of arrears in the top court — the highest in the court’s history. “I will not pick fault on who is responsible. That is irrelevant,” he said in an informal interaction ahead of taking oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India on November 24. Justice Kant indicated at taking a studied and practical approach to resolve the perennial burden of pendency.  One of the …

Mounting govt arrears trigger cash crunch for contractors

Mounting govt arrears trigger cash crunch for contractors

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MUMBAI: Welfare sops and pre-poll freebies have squeezed the state’s finances, stalling payments to private contractors executing government schemes. Their pending dues are now ₹77,770 crore. Mounting govt arrears trigger cash crunch for contractors Sameer Shaikh from Ahilyanagar was awarded a ₹20-lakh contract to build a gram panchayat office but, for six months, he’s been struggling to get the project off the ground as he’s unable to raise fresh capital. Shaikh is still owed ₹86.50 lakh for earlier projects under various government departments. Shaikh is one of thousands of small and medium contractors whose outstanding payments with the government are holding them back from working on future contracts. While the bill in outstanding dues was a colossal ₹89,000 crore until March, it has fallen marginally, to ₹77,770 crore, as the government released ₹11,400 crore with local body elections around the corner. For most contractors, it’s made no difference. For most of them, 80% of their bills are yet to be cleared but the government simply cannot afford to pay them right now. The problem was …

Cabinet nod for 50% waiver of property tax arrears in Andhra Pradesh

Power bill arrears: KSEB launches new one-time settlement scheme

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The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has kicked off a new one-time settlement scheme (OTS-2025) for long-pending power bill arrears. The present scheme, which will be open till July 31 this year, covers arrears older than two years but excludes theft cases booked under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Consumers will be eligible for reduced interest rates as per the scheme. It offers the following interest rates—for arrears above 10 years (nil), arrears between five and 10 years (4%) and arrears above two years but below five years (6%). The consumers have the option of remitting the entire principal amount and total reduced interest in one lump sum. In such cases, a rebate of 5% on principal amount would be granted. ₹2,164.06-crore arrears The KSEB’s previous OTS was implemented from July 2023 to December 2023. It was later extended till March 31, 2024. That scheme yielded ₹4l .46 crore, including ₹30.58 crore in principal and ₹10.88 crore in interest. Nevertheless, Assembly documents show that power bill arrears by different categories of consumers …

OROP: Supreme Court grants Centre time till March 15 to pay arrears

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The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Centre time till March 15 to comply with its judgment last year, upholding One Rank-One Pension (OROP) scheme for the Armed Forces after the government informed that it has already tabulated the pension for 25 lakh ex-service personnel. A Bench led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud adjourned the hearing even as Attorney General R. Venkaramani appeared for the Centre while senior advocate Huzefa Ahmedi and advocate Balaji Srinivasan represented the petitioner, Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement. The Court had found no constitutional infirmity in the OROP principle as defined in the government’s communication of November 7, 2015. The OROP scheme stipulated that benefits would be effective for pensioners from the cut-off date of July 1, 2014. Pensions of past pensioners would be re-fixed on the basis of pensions of retirees in the calendar year 2013. The scheme had finally mandated the re-fixation of pension every five years. The judgment dealt with the petition complaining that pensioners of the same rank, who were, according to them, a “homogenous class”, were arbitrarily …