D.T.C. WORKERS UNION vs THE DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION

The Supreme Court, in Writ Petition No. 320 of 1987, held that the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) must implement the recommendations of the Fourth Pay Commission for its employees, effective from 1.1.1986, as per the undertakings given in Office Orders No.PLD-IX(465)/83/10589 and DGM(IR)/84/90. The Court emphasized that DTC employees should not receive lesser pay than their counterparts in the Central Government for corresponding positions, ensuring parity in pay scales. The Court ordered full implementation of the Fourth Pay Commission's recommendations, maintaining that interim reliefs would merge into the new pay scales without additional payments.