Supreme Court of India

Shah Samir Bharatbhai & Ors. v. The State of Gujarat & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1161
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi JJ.
Decided 22 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we allow the appeals and set aside the judgment and order of the High Court passed by the Division Bench in LPA No. 1371 of 2023 dated 20.12.2023 as well as by the single Judge in R/Special Civil Application No. 11567 of 2018 dated 05.07.2023.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards claim for parity in pay by the respondents appointed on contractual basis as Assistant Professors with Assistant Professors who are performing identical duties and functions. Headnotes† Service law – Equal pay for equal work – Principle of – Contractually appointed Assistant Professors teaching in various Government Engineering Colleges and other Institutions – Parity in pay with similarly placed Assistant Professors who are performing identical duties and functions sought – Single Judge held that they would be entitled to a minimum of the pay

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