Appointments of Chief Parliamentary Secretaries - Hearing held…
Let us tell you that on april 2, while fixing the next date, the court made it clear that from the next date, the hearing on this case will be on a day-to-day basis. In this case, the Advocate General has requested on behalf of the government that the government wants to engage the senior lawyer in this case. For this, time was sought from the court. Now probably kapil sibal and mukul rohatgi will argue in the next hearing.
How much does CPS get paid?
The basic salary of CPS in himachal pradesh is Rs 65 thousand. Including allowances, this is Rs 2.20 lakh per month. Apart from this, vehicles and staff are available separately. The salary of CPS is ten thousand rupees more than that of MLAs. The salary of the assembly Speaker is Rs 2.54 lakh per month and that of the Deputy Speaker is Rs 2.49 lakh per month. cm gets a salary of Rs 2.69 lakh.
The salary of cabinet ministers is also Rs 2.54 lakh per month. The last time in Himachal, the salaries and allowances of 'honorable' were increased during the Virbhadra Singh government. Then the traveling allowance was increased during the time of Jairam government. After the petition in the high court, since the time of the Jairam government, the Honorable has been paying tax on his salary himself. Earlier this tax was also paid by the government.
CPS post is a means to adjust MLAs
The ruling party in the state can appoint only a specific number of ministers. This is 15 percent of the total number of MLAs. There are a total of 68 assembly seats in Himachal. In this sense this number is 12. CPS is formed in case more than a certain number of leaders are not accommodated. They get flagged by cars, staff, and offices.
Senior journalist dhananjay Sharma says that to maintain balance, appointments like CPS have to be made. In the past, Punjab-Haryana high court has declared such appointments invalid. What form the challenge given to these appointments in Himachal takes depends on the decision of the court.
