Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 116 · Decided 16 March 1994
State of West Bengal and ORS. v. Hari Narayan Bhowal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 116 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 24
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1741/1994
- Decided
- 16 March 1994
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT, N.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16(1), 39(d)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 16(1), 39(d)-Equal pay for equal work-Agragamies recntited under the West Bengal National Volunteer Force Act claiming parity of pay scales with police constables-Held, they C form two different classes in public service-Fixing different scales of pay not of work is identical but they belong to the same c/as;-Till claimants satisfy that they have not been treated as equals within parameters of Article 14, Courts should be reluctant to issue any writ to treat them equal. D Service Law-Whether two posts should carry equal pay, does not depend just
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