DELHI HIGH COURT
VIBHU BAKHRU, AMIT MAHAJAN
Sanjay Gupta – Appellant
Versus
High Court of Delhi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. determination of pay step-up eligibility. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. claims of discrimination based on meritorious service. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. conditions for stepping up pay under fr-22. (Para 8 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. precedents on pay disparities and eligibility. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 5. legal criteria for pay parity. (Para 19 , 20 , 23) |
| 6. discrimination for being meritorious is not permitted. (Para 24 , 25) |
| 7. affirmative relief of pay equality based on merit. (Para 27 , 29 , 30) |
| 8. final ruling on stepping up of pay. (Para 32 , 33 , 34) |
JUDGMENT
Amit Mahajan, J. The issue raised in the present writ petition is whether the petitioner, who joined Delhi High Court as Junior Judicial Assistant, prior to Smt. Usha Rawat and was, thereafter, appointed as Reader also prior to Smt. Usha Rawat is entitled to stepping up of pay equal to that of Smt. Usha Rawat, who from the date of her joining as a Reader is getting a higher pay than that of Petitioner.
2. The petitioner, prior to filing the present writ petition had given representations to the Delhi High Court on 18.03.2014 and 20.02.2015. The rejection of those representations by the Delhi High Court has led to filing of the present
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