Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 24 · Decided 22 February 1982
Randhir Singh v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 24 · [1982] 3 S.C.R. 298
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4676/1978
- Decided
- 22 February 1982
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN, BAHARUL ISLAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 3, 39(d), 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, Articles 14, 19 and 3~( d) "Equal pay for equal work" is not an abstract doctrine but one of substance. The petitioner is a driver constable in the Delhi Police Force under the Delhi Administn1tion. The scale of pay in the Delhi Police Force is for non­ 225-308. The scare of pay of a driver in the Railway Protection Force is Rs. 260-400. The scaie of pay of drivers in the r..on·secretariat offices in Delhi is Rs. 260-6-326~EB-8-351), while that of Secretariat offices in Delhi is Rs. 260-6-290-EB-6-326-8-366-EB-8-8-8-390-10 400. The scale
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