The case of dearness allowance of West Bengal government employees may come up again in March. State government employees have been vocal about the demand for dearness allowance for a long time. They demand that the state government should pay dearness allowance at the central rate, but the state government is not ready to do so.

The case of dearness allowance of the state government may come up for hearing again in March. The last hearing of this case was done by the bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice NV Bhatti. This time the matter of dearness allowance may come before a new bench. Justice Hrishikesh Roy is retiring on January 31, 2025. Therefore, the bench of the dearness allowance case will be changed again.

Therefore there is concern about the date of hearing. The Supreme Court said that the hearing may take place in March. However, it is not yet decided which bench will hear the case. Therefore, the Supreme Court has not given any clear instructions regarding the date.

However, the lawyers of the state government employees are optimistic that the hearing of the DA case will start soon in the Supreme Court. He has said that the hearing will not take much time.

The DA case is going on in the Supreme Court since November 18, 2022. The date is being postponed again and again. As a result, concerns are growing among the state government employees regarding the DA case. The challenge to the High Court's decision The Kolkata High Court had ruled in favor of the state government employees in the DA case. But the state government had challenged that decision in the Supreme Court.

The state government had announced a 3% DA for state government employees in the budget itself. But a section of state government employees is not happy with this. Difference between Center and DA. State government employees have demanded DA at the central rate. Central government employees are currently getting DA at the rate of 53%. Therefore, the difference in DA will be 35% at present.