Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 393 · Decided 8 July 2010
Union of India & ORS. v. Jagdish Pandey & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 393 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 979
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 365/2007
- Decided
- 8 July 2010
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Service law - Disparity in pay scale .,... Tow..er Wagon Drivers in Railways - Claim of running· allowance as. paid to goods train drivers - Granted by High C6uii ;.;.. Competent C Authority withdrawing the higherpayscales granted to 7WDs in comparison to goods train drivers since to - Order by Competent Authority set aside by tribunal as also High Court - On appeal, held: Pay scale is a legitimate right of employee and D except for valid and proper reasons cannot be varied, that too only in accordance with law - On facts, no justifiable reasons existed - Union of
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