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1. Introduction: The Pay Committee was constituted by the State Government vide its notification no. 11070 dated 30.12.2008 fo owing implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission by Government of India. However, this Pay Committee differs substantia y from the earlier Committees entrusted with the responsibility of revising pay and a owances. Earlier, a Committee having various designations was constituted fo owing announcement of every pay revision and revised pay scales were notified only after that Committee submitted its recommendations. This time, however, the State Government notified revised scales on provisional basis vide its notification no. 362 dated 17th January, 2009. The decadal pay revision is now the we accepted norm and hence, revised pay scales were notiona y granted with effect from 1st January, 2006 (which amounts to giving the benefit of pay fixation), the arrears were made payable with effect from 1st April, 2007 and actual payment in revised scales of pay was started on provisional basis from 1st January, 2009 onwards. In other words, while the earlier Fitment Committees had a green field to play on, this Pay Committee has a more onerous task as it has to iron out a discrepancies and anomalies. The Terms of Reference of this Pay Committee vide Section 3 of the aforesaid notification are as fo ows:- 1. To make final recommendations regarding revision of pay scales of State Government employees on the pattern of Central Government employees. 2. To make recommendation regarding revision of pension of State Government pensioners on the pattern of revision of pension of Central Government pensioners. 3. To examine the issue of merger of pa