Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 543 · Decided 9 May 2007
Sohan Singh Sodhi v. Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 543 · [2007] 6 S.C.R. 250
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2409/2007
- Decided
- 9 May 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Electricity Act
Headnote
Service Law: Promotion-Promotion of Lineman to Line Superintendent- C Discrimination in promotion between Engineering diploma holders linemen and non diploma holder linemen having same seniority list-Trial Court held that appellant could not have been discriminated against-Reversed by the High by High Court-On appeal, Held: Parity in the pay D cannot be claimed when the educational qualification is different­ Jurisdiction of the respondent-Board to lay down different scale of pay on the basis of educational qualification per se is not discrimination-Article 14 of the
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