Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Tilak Raj

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 598
Bench Anil R. Dave and Uday Umesh Laut JJ.
Decided 1 September 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the respondents could not have been awarded higher pay scale simply because Shri Gurdev had succeeded in a civil suit filed by him.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law - Pay - Pay scales - Claim for pay scale as paid to persons belonging to higher cadre - Allowed by High Court - Propriety - Held: Not proper - High Court should not have entertained the petitions where disputed questions of fact were required to be examined - Without examining relevant evidence regarding exact nature of work, working conditions and other relevant factors, normally such exercise should not have been carried out by the High Court under its writ jurisdiction - Relevant exercise was not carried out by the High Court in the instant case. Service Law - Pay - Pay scales

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