State of M. P. vs Vijay Kumar Tiwari

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B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA
State of M. P. – Appellant
Versus
Vijay Kumar Tiwari – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Ms. Aarushi Gupta, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Sandeep S. Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Subhra Banik, Adv. Ms. Rekha S. Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Sudhir Singh, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

JUDGMENT :

B.R. GAVAI, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellant-State challenges the judgment and order dated 19th November 2019 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, whereby the Writ Petition No. 6415 of 2015 filed by the respondents was allowed.

3. The said writ petition was filed by the students who were pursuing their Master’s Degree Course in Ayurveda from Autonomous Ayurveda College. It was the contention of the petitioners therein (respondents herein) before the High Court that though the duties discharged by them were same as compared to the duties discharged by the Post Graduate students belonging to the Allopathy stream, they were discriminated against in the matter of stipend.

4. The said writ petition came to be contested by the State on various grounds. However, by the impugned judgment and order, the High Court observed that the State had failed to establish that the students pursuing Post Graduate course in Ayurveda are of different class than that of students pursuing Post Graduate course in Allopathy. It was, therefore, found that the State

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2024 Supreme(SC) 25

B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTAState of M. P. – AppellantVersusVijay Kumar Tiwari – Respondent

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B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA
State of M. P. – Appellant
Versus
Vijay Kumar Tiwari – Respondent