The government is said to be considering a proposal to raise the emoluments of judges of the SC and high courts, commensurate with the recent pay hike for central staff. The Chief Justice of India is the highest-paid functionary in the judiciary with the monthly salary of Rs 1 lakh, excluding dearness and other allowances. This is likely to be raised to Rs 2.8 lakh, in addition to perks such as official residence, cars, and allowances as applicable. The government has pegged the salaries of chief justices of HCs and SC judges at Rs 2.5 lakh per month, in addition to allowances, at the level of the cabinet secretary, the Service chiefs and some constitutional functionaries such as the CAG and the CEC. The salary of an HC judge has been pegged at Rs 2.25 lakh per month, same as that of secretary-level officers in the central government. Meanwhile, Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has asked the Centre to revise Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules for judges of the apex court and grant them eight LTCs in a year, one almost every month considering that the SC has three months of vacation in a calendar year. At present, SC judges are allowed three LTCs every year. Justice Joseph is sixth in the apex court's hierarchy and will join the collegium which recommends names for selection as SC judges when CJI J S Khehar retires in the last week of August.