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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
BATTU DEVANAND, A.HARI HARANADHA SARMA
Commissioner And Director Of Muncipal Administration – Appellant
Versus
Molla Hussain Chand Basha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. writ appeal background and petitioners' employment. (Para 1 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. arguments against petitioners' entitlement. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 3. legal considerations regarding g.o.ms.no.142. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. court's reasoning on entitlement and law. (Para 11) |
| 5. final dismissal of the writ appeal. (Para 12 , 13) |
JUDGMENT :
BATTU DEVANAND, J.
1. This Writ Appeal is filed against the order, dated 17.11.2022 in W.P.No.2583 of 2020, passed by the learned Single Judge.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the appellants and the learned counsel for the respondents.
3. The parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the Writ Petition, for the sake of convenience.
4. Submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners:
(a) The case of the Writ Petitioners is that as per the resolution passed by the Nandikotkur Grampanchayat, the petitioners were appointed as Water Works, Electricians, Operators etc., in the Nandikotkur Grampanchayat and they have been continuously working for more than ten years without any remarks from the higher authorities. In view of the G.O.Ms.No.577, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (Elec.I) Department, dated 28.12.2011, the services of
The court affirmed the entitlement of long-term contract workers to minimum pay scales per government regulations, without strict adherence to arbitrary cut-off dates.
Contract workers appointed before the cut-off date are entitled to minimum pay scales and increments per relevant government orders.
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.
Temporary employees performing similar duties as regular employees are entitled to equal pay, as established by the Supreme Court.
Temporary employees are entitled to minimum pay scale and increments equivalent to regular employees under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
The principle of equal pay for equal work and the entitlement to minimum time scale for employees performing duties similar to regular employees were central to the judgment.
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