Supreme Court of India

Bhagwan Dass and Others v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 3 S.C.R. 714
Bench M.P. Thakkar and K.N. Singh JJ.
Decided 31 July 1987

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the petitioners are en­ G titled to be paid on the same b_a_sis of same pay scale as per which respondents 2 to 6 who are discharging similar duties as Supervisors just like the petitioners, are being paid.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Arts. 14 and 16--Doctrine of "Equal work equal pay"-When it is established that the work performed is similar, there can be no discrimination with regard to scale of pay on the ground that the mode of recruitm.ent was different or the nature of appointment was temporary. The Education Department of the State of Haryana which was administering Adult Education Centres for providing functional , literacy to illiterates in the age-group of 15·35 years and Non-Formal Education Centres to impart learning by Special Contact Courses to student drop-outs from schools in the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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