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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
SUREPALLI NANDA
S. Srinivas – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
ORDER :
SUREPALLI NANDA, J.
Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Kata, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1, learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.2 to 4 and Sri Ramesh Chilla, learned Standing Counsel for Shadnagar Municipality, Badangpet, appearing on behalf of respondent No.5.
2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:
“…to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not paying the Minimum regular time scale in the Last Grade service to the petitioners under the principles of Equal pay,Equal work as per the Judgment of the Honble Supreme Court reported in 2017(1) SCC 148 in the state of Punjab and others Verses Jagjitsingh and others as illegal, arbitrary and Un-constitutional and consequently direct the respondents to pay the Minimum regular time scale in the Last Grade service to the petitioners under the principles of Equal pay, Equal work as per the Judgment of the Honble Supreme Court re
Temporary employees performing similar duties as regular employees are entitled to equal pay, as established by the Supreme Court.
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.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that temporary employees are entitled to the minimum of the pay scale attached to the post without any increments or allowances, based on the princ....
Equal pay for equal work applies to absorbed employees from merged entities performing identical duties as regulars, entitling pay scale parity, benefits, arrears despite initial lump sum irregular a....
Petitioners are entitled for minimum time scale of pay and they are bound to serve during regular office hours of an employee on par with regular employees of the same cadre. Therefore, the petitione....
Temporary employees are entitled to minimum pay scale and increments equivalent to regular employees under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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....
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