JUDGMENT

SINGH J. :— By means of this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution the petitioner has raised a grievance that the Respondent-Authorities have practised discrimination in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution in refusing to pay him salary in the scale of pay prescribed for similarly placed employees. He has invoked the doctrine of "Equal Pay for Equal Work" as enshrined under Article 39(d) of the Constitution.

2. In order to appreciate petitioners grievance it is necessary to refer to relevant facts giving rise to this petition. The petitioner was initially appointed in 1967 to the post of Teacher Co-ordinator in the pay scale of Rs. 210-425 in the Research Project "Rehabilitation Unit in Audiology and Speech Pathology" a project funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research under PL -480 research scheme with the special assistance of the Social Rehabilitation Services (formerly Vocational Rehabilitation Administration). The aforesaid unit was taken over by the All India Institute of Medical Science on 1-7-1970 along with the staff attached to the said unit. The petitioners services stood transferred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (he