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RUMA PAL, B.N.SRIKRISHNA
INDER PAL YADAV – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
The principle of "Relief to Similarly Situated Persons" as articulated by the Court emphasizes that when the government or administrative authorities accept a legal principle or grant a benefit to a specific group of employees, they should extend the same to all employees who are in a comparable situation. This approach ensures fairness and consistency in the application of rules and prevents arbitrary or discriminatory treatment.
In the context of the case, the Court recognized that the petitioners, who had been regularized and granted certain promotions, should not be unfairly disadvantaged or subjected to inconsistent treatment compared to their similarly situated colleagues. The Court's stance underscores the importance of equitable treatment for all employees who share similar circumstances, thereby reducing the likelihood of unnecessary litigation and promoting administrative consistency.
This principle encourages authorities to adopt a uniform approach in extending benefits or legal principles, ensuring that employees in comparable positions are treated equally, and that any deviations are justified and transparent.
ORDER
1. The writ petitioners before us had been appointed as casual employees in different projects of the Northern Railway in the years 1979 to 1981.
Because of uncertainty of their tenure, they filed writ petitions before this Court, during the pendency of which, a scheme was framed by the Railway Authorities for granting the petitioners temporary status with a view to permanent absorption. This scheme was approved with certain modifications, which are not relevant for the purpose of this petition, by the decision of this Court in Inder Pal Yadav v. Union of India1. The scheme was implemented and the petitioners were categorised as skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled. The implementation of the scheme was upheld again by this Court when the petitioners filed a complaint in this regard before this Court on 11-8-1986. The third petition filed by the petitioners or some of them was disposed of by this Court on 30-10-1986 in which this Court said that the petitioners before being "absorbed as khalasis on temporary status have to submit themselves to medical examination which is usually taken before a person is conferred temporary status". It was also made clear that the Railway Admin
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