Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 229 · Decided 5 April 2004
Chattisgarh Rural Agriculture Extension Officers v. State of M.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 229 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 821
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3134/1999
- Decided
- 5 April 2004
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, S.H. KAPADIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 309
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 of pay granted- Order challenged as discriminatory-Relief to the aggrieved employees denied by Court below- On appeal, held: A valid classification can be made on the basis of educational qualification despite the fact that employees have been performing similar D duties-The policy decision of the
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