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267 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Second Schedule)
Provided that if a Judge of a High Court at the time of his appointment is in
receipt of a pension (other than a disability or wound pension) in respect of any
previous service under the Government of India or any of its predecessor
Governments or under the Government of a State or any of its predecessor
Governments, his salary in respect of service in the High Court shall be reduced—
(a) by the amount of that pension; and
(b) if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of a portion of
the pension due to him in respect of such previous service the commuted
value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension; and
(c) if he has, before such appointment, received a retirement gratuity in
respect of such previous service, by the pension equivalent of that
gratuity.] e
(2) Every person who immediately before the commencement of this
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Constitution—
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(a) was holding office as the Chief Justice of a High Court in any
Province and has on such commencement become the Chief Justice of the
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High Court in the corresponding State under clause (1) of article 376; or
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(b) was holding office as any other Judge of a High Court in any Province
and has on such commencement become a Judge (other than the Chief
Justice) of the High Court in the corresponding State under the said clause,
shall, if he was immediately before such commencement drawing a salary at a
rate higher than that specified in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, be
entitled to receive in respect of time spent on actual service as such Chief
Justice or other Judge, as the case may be, in addition to the salary specified in
the said sub-paragraph as special pay an amount equivalent to the difference
between the salary so specified and the salary which he was drawing
immediately before such commencement.
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[(3) Any person who, immediately before the commencement of the
Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, was holding office as the Chief
Justice of the High Court of a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule
and has on such commencement become the Chief Justice of the High Court of
a State specified in the said Schedule as amended by the said Act, shall, if he
was immediately before such commencement drawing any amount as
allowance in addition to his salary, be entitled to receive in respect of time
spent on actual service as such Chief Justice, the same amount as allowance in
addition to the salary specified in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph.].
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 25(c), (ii), for
sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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