{"id":134651,"date":"2008-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-8-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-04-17T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T11:49:41","slug":"dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-8-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-8-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 8 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 8 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000                                             -1-\n\n\n        IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                     AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                                               C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000\n                                               Decided on : 08-12-2008\n\n\nDharam Pal\n                                                             ....Petitioner\n                             VERSUS\n\nUnion of India &amp; others\n                                                          ....Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:-HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA.\n<\/p>\n<p>       HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH.\n<\/p>\n<p>Present:- Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>         Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, Advocate for respondent Nos. 3 &amp; 4.<\/p>\n<p>HEMANT GUPTA, J<\/p>\n<p>         The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order dated<\/p>\n<p>23.03.2000 (annexure P-7) passed by Central Administrative Tribunal,<\/p>\n<p>Chandigarh, whereby an Original Application filed by the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>claiming same pay scale as that of Assistants working in the Head Office<\/p>\n<p>was declined. The petitioner is an Assistant working in Census Department<\/p>\n<p>i.e. Field Office. The petitioner is claiming parity with the pay scale of<\/p>\n<p>Assistants working in the Central Secretariat i.e. Head Office w.e.f.<\/p>\n<p>01.01.1986 and 01.01.1996.\n<\/p>\n<p>         It is the case of the petitioner that IIIrd Pay Commission<\/p>\n<p>recommended pay scale of Rs.425-700 to the post of Assistant of the Field<\/p>\n<p>Office, which was revised to Rs.1400-2300 by the IVth Pay Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Vth Pay Commission recommended pay scale of Rs.5000-8000,<\/p>\n<p>whereas the Assistants working in the Central Secretariat i.e. Head Office<\/p>\n<p>are in the pay scale of Rs.425-800 in terms of the recommendations of the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000                                                -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>IIIrd Pay Commission, Rs.1400-2600 in pursuance of the recommendations<\/p>\n<p>of the IVth Pay Commission and Rs.5500-9000 in pursuance of the<\/p>\n<p>recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission.            It is the case of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner that since the Assistants in the Field Office and the Head Office<\/p>\n<p>discharge similar duties and responsibilities as well as appointed on the<\/p>\n<p>basis of similar qualifications, therefore, the difference in the pay scale is<\/p>\n<p>arbitrary and discriminatory.\n<\/p>\n<p>          The learned Tribunal has found that the different pay scale were<\/p>\n<p>provided on the implementation of the recommendations of the IIIrd Pay<\/p>\n<p>Commission.       But, the petitioner has approached the Tribunal after the<\/p>\n<p>implementation of the report of the Vth Pay Commission on the ground that<\/p>\n<p>the difference in the pay case has widened. The Tribunal, thus, found that<\/p>\n<p>the petitioners have claimed pay scale after almost 13 years from 1.01.1986<\/p>\n<p>or 9 years of grant of such pay scale and that such claim is highly belated.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribunal further found that the principles to work out separate pay<\/p>\n<p>scales for the Assistants of the Field Office and of the Head Office have<\/p>\n<p>been mentioned in the recommendations and relate not only to the duties<\/p>\n<p>and responsibilities, but even the mode of recruitment and the educational<\/p>\n<p>qualifications.    It has been further found that the petitioners deal with<\/p>\n<p>routine matters, whereas Assistants in the Central Secretariat Service are<\/p>\n<p>required to deal with complex questions which involve decision in policy<\/p>\n<p>matters. Such Assistants are required to put up their papers before higher<\/p>\n<p>authorities. The Assistants in Subordinate offices are required to implement<\/p>\n<p>the policy decisions, whereas Assistants in the Head Offices are the part of<\/p>\n<p>decision making process. There is direct recruitment to the Assistants in the<\/p>\n<p>Central Civil Secretariat upto 50% of the posts with minimum educational<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000                                                -3-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>qualification as Graduate, whereas for similar posts in Subordinate Offices<\/p>\n<p>the candidates are promoted from the posts of UDCs after 5 years of service.<\/p>\n<p>          Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that the<\/p>\n<p>educational qualification for filing up the posts of Assistants in the Field<\/p>\n<p>Office and the Head Office is Graduate. Therefore, the distinction in the<\/p>\n<p>pay scale is discriminatory and violates the principle of &#8216;equal pay for equal<\/p>\n<p>work&#8217; enshrined under Article 39 (d) of the Constitution. Reliance is placed<\/p>\n<p>upon a Supreme Court judgment reported as AIR 1982 Supreme Court<\/p>\n<p>879, Randhir Singh Vs. Union of India and other.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we do not find any<\/p>\n<p>merit in the present writ petition. The difference in pay scale of the<\/p>\n<p>Assistants of the Field Office with the Assistants working in the Head<\/p>\n<p>Office was created on the acceptance of recommendations of the IIIrd Pay<\/p>\n<p>Commission w.e.f. 01.01.1973.        However, the petitioner invoked the<\/p>\n<p>jurisdiction of Central Administrative Tribunal in the year 1998. By that<\/p>\n<p>time, the report of IVth and Vth Pay Commission also came to be<\/p>\n<p>implemented.\n<\/p>\n<p>          The duties and responsibilities for the post of Assistant in the<\/p>\n<p>Field Office and that of Head Office have been clearly delineated in the<\/p>\n<p>order passed by the Tribunal. The appointment to both set of Assistants is<\/p>\n<p>governed by separate set of Rules. The Tribunal has also discussed the<\/p>\n<p>nature of duties and has not found any parity with the duties and<\/p>\n<p>responsibilities of the Assistants in the Head Offices with the Assistants<\/p>\n<p>working in the Field Offices. There is no material on the basis of which it<\/p>\n<p>can be said that duties and responsibilities of the Assistants in the Field<\/p>\n<p>Office and that of Head Office are similar. It is for the experts to assign<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000                                                 -4-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>suitable pay scale keeping in view the nature of duties, level of<\/p>\n<p>responsibility, educational qualification and set up of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>          Since the duties and responsibilities are not similar and the<\/p>\n<p>service conditions are governed by separate Rules, therefore we do not find<\/p>\n<p>any justification for grant of similar pay scale to the petitioners. There is<\/p>\n<p>thus, no error in the order passed by Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Dismissed.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n                                                   (Hemant Gupta)\n                                                        Judge\n\n\n8th December 2008.                                 (Nawab Singh)\nMonika                                                 Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 8 December, 2008 C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 6874 of 2000 Decided on : 08-12-2008 Dharam Pal &#8230;.Petitioner VERSUS Union of India &amp; others &#8230;.Respondents CORAM:-HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. 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