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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA RAO, J
Ramaprasad Kumar Ravipalli – Appellant
Versus
State Of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER
This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief:-
“…pleased to grant appropriate relief more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India declaring the action of the respondents in not paying to the petitioners Minimum Time Scale attached to the Post of Lecturer in Government Degree Colleges with effect from 01.04.2017 and not creating regular Post of Mentor in the Government Degree Colleges in the State of A.P as arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and issue consequential directions directing the respondents to forthwith create regular Post of Mentor in the Government Degree Colleges and consider the cases of the petitioners for absorption as Mentors in the Government Degree Colleges with effect from 01.04.2017 and pay arrears of salary with effect from 01.04.2017 and further direct the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners for absorption as Lecturers in Government degree colleges and pay to the petitioners Minimum Time Scale attached to the Post of Lecturer in the Government degree colleges on par with other Contract Lecturers/Contract Employees attached to the Post of Governmen
The court ruled that the failure to pay minimum time scale to mentors and not creating regular posts was arbitrary, violating the principle of equal pay for equal work.
Point of law : The one-time exercise should consider all daily-wage/ad-hoc/casual employees who had put in 10 years of continuous service as on 10-4-2006 without availing the protection of any interi....
Point of law: Doctrine of equal pay for equal work, as adumbrated under Article 39(d) of the Constitution of India read with Article 14 thereof, cannot be applied in a vacuum. The constitutional sche....
Temporary employees performing identical duties to regular workers are entitled to minimum time scale of pay under the principle of Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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