Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 164 · Decided 31 March 1998
L.C.A.R. v. Satish Kumar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 164 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 557
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1839/1998
- Decided
- 31 March 1998
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, D.P. WADHWA, AJAY PRAKASH MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 14, 16
Headnote
B Service Law : Pay Scale-Retrospective revision, on basis of UGC pay scale modi/Ying whole scheme-Held, permissible. C Pay Scale-Conditional option excercised for higher pay scale-Held, not permissible. Service Rules-Retrospective operation-Held, not permissible by mere executive instructions. 309 of Constitution of India required. Constitution of India-Articles I 4 & I 6-Retrospective revision of pay D scale-Applied without any discrimination-Held, not violative. E The appellant-society introduced for its employees Agriculture Research Service w.e.f. October 1, 1975. The
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