Supreme Court of India
Chattisgarh Rural Agriculture Extension Officers v. State of M.P. and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion we are of the opinion that where two classes of employees perform identical or similar duties and carrying out the same functions with the same measure of responsibility having same academic qualification, they would be entitled to equal pay.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Article 14-Doctrine of equal pay for equal work-Sanction of different pay scales to employees belonging to the same cadre on the basis of educational qualification-Pay Commission recommended c equal pay scale as the nature of their work was similar-Recommendation not accepted by State and two scales of pay granted- Order challenged as discriminatory-Relief to the aggrieved employees denied by Court below- On appeal, held: valid classification can be made on the basis of educational qualification despite the fact that employees have been performing similar
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Director of Elementary Education, Odisha & Ors. v. Pramod Kumar Sahoo
- 2025 State of Kerala & Ors. v. Moushmi Ann Jacob
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