During the earlier hearing, the state government informed the court that a total of Rs 41,871 crore was required to pay off the entire DA arrears. Clearing 25 percent of this amount would mean an immediate outflow of Rs 10,468 crore from the state exchequer.At present, state government employees in West Bengal receive DA at the rate of 18 percent, whereas their counterparts in the central government receive 55 percent.Reacting to the government’s fresh application, Malay Mukherjee, General Secretary of the Confederation of State Government Employees, the main petitioner in the DA case, said, “We have sent a notice to the Chief Secretary after 12 midnight on Thursday, anticipating that the state government may take this step. The state government has been informed that we will file a contempt of court case against the state government in the Supreme Court in the coming days.”
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