Jagdish Lal v. State Election Commission Hhy. & Others
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Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; common order dated 01.05.2025 by Justice Jagmohan Bansal dismissing CWP-11928-1998(O&M) (Jagdish Lal & others v. State Election Commission Haryana & another) and CWP-13828-1998(O&M) (Rajeshwar Kumar & others v. State of Haryana & others). State Election Commission employees sought revised pay scale at par with Haryana Civil Secretariat employees under Articles 226/227, Constitution of India. Held: pay fixation is the State Government's prerogative; no record of parity of qualifications, experience, duties or responsibilities; Court cannot mandate pay-scale revision for parity absent identity of duties and circumstances. Interim order of 11.09.1998 on salary payment at scale 1400-2600 without prejudice noted; salary released at unrevised scale. Keywords: pay scale parity, equal remuneration, State Election Commission Haryana, Haryana Civil Secretariat, writ petition dismissed.