Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal & Anr. v. West Bengal Minimum Wages Inspectors Association & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 3 S.C.R. 367
Bench R.V. Raveendran and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 15 March 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the State . Government was justified in acting on the recommendation of the Third Pay Commission and rejecting the recommendation o by the Pay Review Committee.

Judgment, page 18

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Service law: West Bengal Services Revision of Pay and Allowances Rules, 1981 - Parity in pay scale - Prior to 1981 Rules, posts of lnspectors-AWM (subject posts) and Inspector (Co­ operative Societies), Extension Officers (Panchayat) and KGO-JLRO (Revenue Officers)-reference catftgories in same pay scale no. 9 and under 1981 Rules reference category posts given higher pay scale - Claim for parity by lnspectofs- WM on basis of previous equal pay ...., Held: Grant of parity in pay scale depends upon comparative job· evaluation and equation of posts - Benefit of higher pay scale can only be

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