Judgment

R.S. PATHAK,CJI.:- Special leave to appeal is granted in both the special leave petitions.

2. The petitioners are teachers employed in various recognised aided private schools in the State of Haryana. The schools are maintained under private management. They receive financial aid from the State Government. The petitioners have come to court alleging that teachers employed in Government aided private schools are entitled to parity with the teachers employed in Government schools in the matter of pay scales and other emoluments such as Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Medical Reimbursement and Gratuity, etc. It appears that prior to 1967 there was considerable disparity in the emoluments of teachers employed in the same State, and the Government of India appointed the Kothari Commission to examine the conditions of service of teachers with the object of improving the standards of education in the country. Among other things, the Kothari Commission recommended that the scales of pay of school teachers belonging to the same category but working under different managements such as Government, local bodies or private organisations should be th