MUMBAI: At least two employees at Tata Group firms earn more than their chairman, Cyrus Mistry .In the financial year ended on March 31, 2015, Tata Consultancy Services CEO N Chandrasekaran was paid Rs 21.28 crore, compared with Rs 16.25 crore Mistry earned in commission, salaries and other allowances, according to regulatory filings. The TCS head is probably the highest paid employee of the Tata Group.Rakesh Sarna had joined the conglomerate's hospitality chain, Indian Hotels Company , as managing director and CEO for Rs 18.4 crore in September 2014. Since he joined mid-year, Sarna earned only Rs 6.17 crore in fiscal 2015.Compensation of Tata Sons directors is internal to the company , said a spokesperson in response to an email seeking comment. “The Tata group is considered o be conservative paymasters.They don't have one benchmark and some firms can be aggressive depending upon the industry ,“ said the head of a compensa ion consulting company . He sa d it is very common now for promoters and chairmen to take lesser than their top order.In India, too, it is not unusual or the top employees to earn more than the promoters. According to an ET story done in July 2015, Anand Mahindra no longer gets the highest salary in the Mahindra group. Pawan Goenka, elevated to executive director in September 2013, earned Rs 10.37 crore, or 73% more than Mahindra in FY15, according to company filings.Professional CEO Varun Ber ry's salary ( Rs 4.71 crore) in Britannia edged past promoter Nusli Wadia's compensation ( Rs 3.68 crore). Vivek Gambhir, MD of Godrej Consumer ( Rs 12.88 crore), earned almost as much as chairman Adi Godrej ( Rs 13.18 crore). Gambhir will most likely earn more than Godrej this financial year.At the Tata Group, Mistry's salary includes commission on what Tata Sons earns from the profits of its group firms.As much as Rs 11crore came in as commission and Rs 5 crore as his salary in the last financial year. India's oldest conglomerate posted a profit of Rs 9,062 crore in fiscal 2015.Additional reporting by Shailesh Kadam