Summarize the following court judgment. ivil Appeal No. 6229 of 1983. Appeal by Special leave from the Judgment and order dated the 29th May	 1980 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in C.W.P. No. 1225 of 1980. K.G. Bhagat	 Addl. Soliciter General and K. K. Mohan for the appellant. R. N. Poddar For the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by: CHINNAPPA REDDY	 J. Special leave granted. 655 Smt. P. Grover was an outstanding teacher. In 1968 69	 the Government of Haryana honoured her by presenting the State Award for teachers. She attained the age of superannuation on August 2s0	 1978. About two years before she attained the age of superannuation	 she was promoted as acting District Education Officer with effect from July 19	 1976. The Government of Haryana had taken a policy decision as early as in 1965 that the Services of teachers	 who had received the National or State Awards	 should be extended until they attained the age of 60 years	 on an year by year basis	 if their service record continued to be good otherwise. Pursuant to the policy decision	 Smt. Grover 's services were extended first by one year and later by another year. During the period of extension of service	 she worked as Principal	 Government Higher Secondary School	 Mahendergarh. She finally retired from service on August 31	 1980. We mentioned that she was promoted as an acting District Education officer with effect from July 19	 1976. The order of promotion contained a super added condition that she would draw her own pay scale which apparently meant that she would continue to draw her salary on her pay scale prior to promotion. The initial order extending her services recited that she was an acting District Education Officer	 but contained a super added condition that her pay would not be more than the maximum of the Principal 's grade. Grover claims that having been promoted as District Education officer	 she was entitled to the pay of a District Education officer and there was no justification for denying the same to her. A writ petition filed by her was dismissed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and she is before us by way of special leave under article 136 of the Constitution. The counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Government of Haryana offers no rational explanation for denying the pay of District Education Officer to Smt. P. Grover after she was promoted to act as District Education officer. All that was said in the counter affidavit was that there were no Class I post available and therefore	 she was not entitled to be paid the salary of District Education officer. We are unable to understand the reason given in the counter affidavit. She was promoted to the post of District Education officer	 a Class I post	 on an acting basis. Our attention was not invited to any rule which provides that promotion on an acting basis would not entitle the officer promoted to the pay of the post. In the absence of any rule justifying such refusal to pay to an officer promoted to a higher post the salary of such higher post (the 656 validity of such a rule would be doubtful if it existed)	 we must hold that Smt. Grover is entitled to be paid the salary of a District Education officer from the date she was promoted to the post	 that is	 July 19	 1976	 until she retired from service on August 31	 1980. The appeal is accordingly allowed with costs. H.L.C. Appeal allowed.

HELD: The counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Government of Haryana offers no rational explanation for denying the pay of District Education officer to the appellant after she was promoted to act as District Education Officer. In the absence of any rule justifying such refusal to pay to an officer promoted to a higher post the salary of such higher post	 the appellant is entitled to be paid the salary of a District Education officer from the date she was promoted to the post. [655 F G]