Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat & Ors. Etc. v. Dr. P. A. Bhatt & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2023] 5 S.C.R. 301
Bench V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal JJ.
Decided 26 April 2023

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Service Law : Equal Pay – Allopathy doctors and doctors of indigenous medicine-, if can be said to be performing “equal work” so as to be entitled to “equal pay Non-MBBS medical officers seeked extension of the benefit of higher scales of pay on parity with the allopathic doctors on the basis of the recommendati ons of Tikku Pay Commission – – Held: Classification based upon ed ucational qualification for the grant of higher pay scale, is a valid classification – Both categories of doctors are cer tainly not performing equal work to be entitled to equal pay. Pay scales – Appointment of

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