Supreme Court of India
State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Hari Narayan Bhowal and Ors.
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In the result, the appeal is allowed and the .iudgments of the Single Judge and the Division Bench are set aside.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 16(1), 39(d)-Equal pay for equal work-Agragamies recntited under the West Bengal National Volunteer Force Act claiming parity of pay scales with police constables-Held, they form two different classes in public service-Fixing different scales of pay not violative of Article 14-Claimants should satisfy the Court not only that nature of work is identical but they belong to the same c/as;-Till claimants satisfy that they have not been treated as equals within parameters of Article 14, Courts should be reluctant to issue any writ to treat them equal.
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