Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Another v. P. Sathikumarna Nair and Others

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Reported as [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1076
Bench S.B. Majmudar and M. Jagannadha Rao JJ.
Decided 29 April 1997

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that, in exercise of our discretion, we would not interfere with the findings arrived at in O.P. No. 2062/SO(A) by the Kerala High Court as affirmed in Writ Appeal B No. 736 of 1982 holding that the pay scales of the junior lecturers in Union Territory of Lakshadweep arc to be on par with the pay scales of lecturers in degree colleges under the Union of India.

Judgment, page 11

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