Srinagar, Dec. 18 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that similarity in duties or funding from a common source does not, by itself, entitle employees of different institutions to parity in service conditions, including post-retirement pension benefits.

"......merely because the duties performed by two sets of employees may be similar or the two sets of employees pertaining to two different institutions are being funded from a single source would not be in itself a ground to claim parity in service conditions between the two sets of employees," said a Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar while dismissing two petitions filed by 60 serving and retired employees of J&K Sainik School Mansbal who has sought a direction upon the...