Supreme Court of India

State Bank of India and Anr. v. M.R. Ganesh Babu and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 149
Bench S. Rajendra Babu, Ruma Pal and Bisheshwar Prasad Singh JJ.
Decided 16 April 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the decision taken by the bank cannot be faulted on the ground of its being either unreasonable arbitrary or discriminatory and therefore judicial interference is inappropriate.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

State Bank of India Officers (Determination of Terms and Conditions of Service) Order, 1979. Service Law c Principle of equal pay for equal work-Applicability of-Equal pay depends upon nature of work-Mere volume of work is not sufficient-Value judgment of those charged withfvcing the scale of pay is relevant-S'fch value judgment made reasonably on intelligible criterion having rational nexus with object of differentiation does not amount to discrimination. State Bank of India-Junior management cadre-Generalists Officers viz. Probationary Officers and Trainee Officers- Specialists officers

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