It is alleged that these Veterinary Assistant Surgeons have been denied the benefit of the principle of `equal pay for equal work ' incorporated in Article 39 (d) of the Constitution and that there has been violation of their fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14 and Article 15 of the Constitution because their scale of salary is lower than the pay scale of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons employed by the Union Territory of Chandigarh or by the Central Government in the Indo Tibetan Border Police (I.T B.P) and in the Border Security Force (B.S.F ) It is also alleged that the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons are persons who have obtained Bachelor 's Degree in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) from colleges of veterinary medicine and the minimum qualifications for entering the said course are more or less the same as those prescribed for M.B.B.S. or B.D.S. Examinations.