JUDGMENT:

A.K. MATHUR, J.

1. The short question involved in these appeals is whether the Youth Coordinators are entitled to equal pay for equal work working in the same organization.

2. On 14.11.1972, on the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru the Government of India took a decision to start Nehru Yuva Kendra in every district in the country. The scheme was floated with a view to involve the rural youth who do not have otherwise opportunities for participation in programmes of self, social and national development. This scheme was earlier launched by the Government of India, through the then Ministry of Education and Social Welfare Department now re-designated as the Ministry of Human Resources Development ( Department of Youth Affairs and Sports). Initially, the appointment of these Youth Co-ordinators were made on ad hoc basis. Thereafter, a proposal was made by the Government of India in July, 1977 to the Union Public Service Commission ( for short, UPSC) for continuation of the ad hoc arrangement but the UPSC did not accept the same and instructed that the recruitment rules be notified. Thereafter, Nehru Yuva Youth Coordinators Recruitment Rules, 1980