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State of Bihar & Ors. v. The Bihar Secondary Teachers Struggle Committee, Munger & Ors.

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Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 10 May 2019

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: (SCC p. 232, paras 18-20) “18. … The evaluation of duties and responsibilities of different posts and determination of the pay scales applicable to such posts and determination of parity in duties and responsibilities are complex executive functions, to be carried out by expert bodies.

Judgment, page 103

From the headnote

Service Law: Pay parity/’Equal pay for equal work’ – Sought by Niyojit Teachers[appointed under Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teachers (Employment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006] – With the cadre of Government teachers – Permissibility – Held: The cadre of Government teachers with which parity is sought was a dying/ vanishing cadre – The mode of recruitment of Niyojit teachers was completely different from that of the Government teachers – pay structure is normally evolved keeping in mind factors such as ‘method of recruitment’ and ‘employer’s capacity to pay’ – The distinction in process…

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