Ashok Kumar Mathur

Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 7 August 1943) the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as the Chairman of 7th Pay Commission.

Ashok Kumar Mathur
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 7 June 2004 – 7 August 2008
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
In office 22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004
Preceded by	Prabha Shankar Mishra
Succeeded by	V. S. Sirpurkar
Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
Personal details
Born	7 August 1943
Alma mater	University of Calcutta

Early life

Mathur completed his in M.A. degree in English from Calcutta University in 1968 and passed his LL.B. in 1970.[1]

Career

Mathur started his lawyer career in the Rajasthan High Court in 1967. Initially he worked as Government Advocate. He was elevated as Judge on 13 July 1985 of the Rajasthan High Court. He was transferred from Madhya Pradesh High Court to the Calcutta High Court on 22 December 1999 as Chief Justice.[2] Mathur became a judge of the Supreme Court in 2004 and retired from service on 7 August 2008 from there. After the retirement, he was appointed as the Chairman of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces and head of the who had also headed the Armed Forces Tribunal.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Brief Profile". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "Former Chief Justices". calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission". Deccan Chronicle. PTI. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
4. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Pay Commission". psuconnect.in. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
5. "Seventh Pay Commission chairman finds discrepancy between IAS and non-IAS glaring". economictimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.