Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. and Ors. v. Ministerial Karamchari Sangh

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 484
Bench K. Venkataswamiandv.N. Khare J.
Decided 15 October 1997

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that none of the reasons given by the High Court to issue writ of mandamus as prayed for by !he respondent-Association can be sustained in law.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law : Parity in pay scale of employees appointed after a cut off date-Prior to cut off date there were parity in the pay scales and other conditions of service-Employees of Department of Information & Secretariat separated on the basis of mode of recruitment, qualification and promotion from a cut off date-Those appointed prior to cut off date used to get the earlier pay which was higher than the one appointed after the cut off date-Held, this ground is sufficient for fz:;ing different scales-Equal pay for equal work-Not always easy to apply-Constitution of India-Article 39(d)-Equal

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