JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.—

1.Leave granted.

2.Applicability of the doctrine of equal pay for equal work is in question in this appeal which arises out of a judgment and order dated 19.08.2004 passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi in Civil Writ Petition No.3719 of 2002 dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant questioning an order dated 11.9.2000 passed in Original Application No.52 of 2000 by the Central Administrative Tribunal directing to consider the question of grant of replacement pay-scale of Rs.6500-10500 to the respondent, with consequential benefits in her favour.

3.Basic fact of the matter is not in dispute.

4.Respondent herein was appointed as Technical Assistant of Urdu Language in the Bureau of Promotion of Urdu Language. She was placed in the pay scale of Rs.425-700. She was promoted as Research Assistant in the scale of pay of Rs.550-900. The said scale of pay was revised to Rs.1640-2900 on the recommendations of the Fourth Pay Revision Commission.

5.The Central Government constituted National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) in place of the Bureau of Promotion of Urdu Language. NCPUL started functioning from 1.4.1996. Employees