Pay parity cannot be enforced across States as a matter of right: HP High Court

Shimla, March 26 -- In a significant judgment impacting pay parity claims among government employees, the Himachal High Court has quashed a 2018 order of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) that had directed Himachal government to grant revised pay scales to Inspectors in the Cooperative Department on the pattern of Punjab.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhiwalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by the State of Himachal Pradesh, setting aside the Tribunal's common order dated April 13, 2018.

The dispute originated from claims made by employees working as Inspectors in the Cooperative Societies Department, who had sought higher pay scales of Rs 1800-3200 with effect from Janu...