IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.9851 of 1993 Date of decision:16th December, 2009 Dayawanti ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents Before: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr. K.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, DAG, Haryana Permod Kohli,J.(Oral) The petitioner was an employee of respondents no. 2 and 3. This petition has been filed seeking equal pay for equal work with the regularly working employees. Apart from the question, doctrine of equal pay for equal work is not applicable. It is liable to be dismissed in view of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.L.P.(No. 9566 of 1980) titled as “Smt. Savitri Devi vs. State of Haryana”, wherein, it has been held that Department of Social Welfare is not state within meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and thus, not amenable to writ jurisdiction. In view of the above, this petition is dismissed. [PERMOD KOHLI] JUDGE 16th December, 2009 Shivani Kaushik