438. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India shall be paid a salary equal to the Salary of the Judges of the Supreme Court Vide sec. 3 of Act 56 of 1971. The Salary of Judges of the Supreme Court has been raised to Rs. 30,000/- per mensem by Act 18 of 1998, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-1-1996). * see also arts. 84(a) and 173(a).