In Brief
Petitioners working as Junior Stenographers at the National Institute sought equal pay with Senior Stenographers, relying on a prior Supreme Court judgment that had granted such parity to others. The Court dismissed the petition, holding that parity in pay applies only to identically situated employees. Although both groups acquired similar pay scales through promotion and ACP/MACP, the petitioners held lower substantive posts and were promoted to higher grades after the relevant pay commissions had concluded. The petitioners were therefore not similarly situated to warrant equal treatment under the regulatory framework governing the Institute."}]
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