IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3553 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision:06.09.2011 Shrimati Saroj Kumari wife of Shri Satish Kumar, date of appointment 22.4.83, and others. ...Petitioners versus Haryana Roadways Engineering Corporation Limited, through its Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Chandigarh, and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. K.C. Bhatia, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. There is no representation for the petitioners when the matter is called. Counsel for the respondents, however, is present and ready. Since the case relates to the period 1989, I proceed to dispose of the case on merits on the basis of records and with the assistance of the counsel for the respondents. 2. The issue involved in this case is a claim by the petitioners, who were Helpers on daily wages and who were working as Clerks in the workshop of the respondents, that they were entitled to equal wages as the Clerks and the regular employees employed under the respondent. Civil Writ Petition No.3553 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - The principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ cannot apply to various categories of workers in the same establishment. This has been laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in several decisions that hold that a temporary employee on DC rates shall not claim parity with persons, who are employed in regular posts. The reasons are obvious that the responsibilities of such persons are also different and parity cannot be drawn. The writ petition cannot succeed and it is dismissed as such. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 06.09.2011 sanjeev