JUDGMENT

G.B. Pattanaik, J.-Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the Judgment of the Calcutta High Court in Letters Patent Appeal arising out of the Judgment of the Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 10421(W) of 1988. The question that arises for consideration is whether the principle of equal pay for equal work has at all got any application to the case in hand following which principle the High Court has directed that respondent No. 1 would be entitled to the pay scale of 660-1600, which is the pay scale of the Education Officer under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation ?

3. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation was constituted under the provisions of Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 with effect from 4.1.1984. Prior to the constitution of the aforesaid Corporation, there was in existance the Calcutta Corporation under the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 and three other Municipalities called Jadhavpur Municipality, South Suburban Municipality and Garden Reach Municipality which had been constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act. By Notification dated 21st of December, 1983 the Governor in exercise of power conferred upon him by sub-section (2A), read with sub-section