The court directed the State government to prepare their pay bills, based on the last drawn salary and pay them without any reduction. The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by engineers, including assistant engineers, assistant executive engineers and executive engineers of the Department, who challenged the G.O. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy granted an interim stay on the G.O. and pay salaries to the petitioners without any reduction. The court posted the case for further hearing on January 11, 2021, observing that till then, the interim stay would be extended.

Source: The Hindu December 25, 2020 22:18 UTC