JUDGMENT

ORDER :— The Delhi Veterinary Association is the petitioner in the above case. It is an association of veterinary doctors who are residing in the Union Territory of Delhi. By this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, the petitioner is seeking relief in respect of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons working in the office of the Development Commissioner, Delhi Administration, Delhi, who are its members. It is alleged that these Veterinary Assistant Surgeons have been denied the benefit of the principle of equal pay for equal work incorporated in Art. 39 (d) of the Constitution and that there has been violation of their fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14 and Article 16 of the Constitution because their scale of salary is lower than the pay scale of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons employed by the Union Territory of Chandigarh or by the Central Government in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (I. T. B. P.) and in the Border Security Force (B. S. F.). It is also alleged that the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons are persons who have obtained Bachelors Degree in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B. V. Sc. & A. H.) from colleges of Veterinary Medicine and the minimum