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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ashok Kumar Mathur<br />
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| office1 = Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajasthan]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|08|07}}<br />
| term1 = 22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004<br />
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| term = 7 June 2004 – 7 August 2008<br />
| successor1 = [[V. S. Sirpurkar]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Prabha Shankar Mishra]]<br />
| office2 = Chief Justice of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''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 Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces|7th Pay Commission]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mathur completed his in M.A. degree in [[English language|Philosophy]] from [[Calcutta University|Rajasthan University]] in 1964 and passed his [[LL.B.]] in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.staffcorner.com/view.html?id=5725722907770880|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Brief Profile|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|website=calcuttahighcourt.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019095258/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|archive-date=19 October 2017|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 also headed the [[Armed Forces Tribunal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140204/news-current-affairs/article/justice-ashok-kumar-mathur-head-7th-central-pay-commission|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission|agency=PTI|date=4 February 2014|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psuconnect.in/news/Justice-Ashok-Kumar-Mathur-to-head-7th-Pay-Commission/2701|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Pay Commission|website=psuconnect.in|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/interviews/seventh-pay-commission-chairman-finds-discrepancy-between-ias-and-non-ias-glaring/articleshow/50248461.cms|title=Seventh Pay Commission chairman finds discrepancy between IAS and non-IAS glaring|website=economictimes.com|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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