The learned Judge observed: "To put in the words Chinnappa Reddy, J. it amounts to denial of the 936 principle of 'equal pay for equal work ' enshrined in article 39 of the Constitution as one of the Directive Principles of State Policy and violates articles 14 and 16 which guarantee equality before the law and equal opportunity in the matter of public employment." The appellant, in the supplementary affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh, Finance and Planning: Department (Finance Wing) admits that the judgment of Muktadar, J., in Krishnamurthy 's case supra had become final because steps were not taken in time to go in appeal; but, nonetheless, asserts that since the matter before the learned Judge related to Selection Grade Deputy Tahsildars, it was wrong to suggest that all the judgments of the High Court involving a similar question had become final, or that the Government had lost its right of appeal in other similar matters.