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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
HARISANKAR V. MENON, J
JAYANTHAN NAMBOOTHIRI – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. employment and entitlement for salary parity. (Para 1) |
| 2. arguments for equal pay based on existing employee roles. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. application of prevalent precedents on employment classification. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. precedents must be followed despite the stay order. (Para 8) |
JUDGMENT
The petitioners were employed as ‘Shantis’, ‘adichu thali’, and ‘Kazhakam’ etc., in various temples mentioned in Ext.P1 order dated 29.12.2017, issued by the Cochin Devaswom Board – the 2nd respondent. By Ext.P1, the Devaswom Board decided to take over the administration of the temples mentioned therein. Later, the Devaswom Board issued the order at Ext.P2 dated 28.02.2019, wherein at paragraph 4, with reference to the petitioners herein who were working in the temples mentioned therein, a decision was taken by the Devaswom Board to consider the petitioners herein as employees of the Devaswom Board. At the same time, the question as regards the salary and other allowances of the petitioners herein was decided to be addressed on a later stage. On the basis of afore, the petitioners sought for fixation of their salary etc., on par with the pay scales of similarly placed employees already
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