Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 41 · Decided 20 January 2009
U.P. State Electricity Board & ANR. v. Aziz Ahmad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 41 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 373
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 318/2009
- Decided
- 20 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Labour Law - Equal pay for equal work - Respondent, a Boiler Overhauling Mechanic, claimed higher pay scale on c the ground that post of Boiler Overhauling Mechanic was equivalent to the post of Boiler Mistry or Fitter - Burden of proof - Held: Was on the respondent-workman - He that the three posts were identical and .... similar- Tribunal erred in placing the burden on the employer D to prove the job requirements of the three posts, and in coming to the conclusion that the posts were identical on basis of pleadings alone - Pleadings were required to be proved - In
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