State Of Bihar And Ors. vs Secretariat Press Ministerial Staff ...

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to treat the ministerial staff of the Government Secretariat Press and Government Stationery Stores as employees of the Secretariat, thereby granting them benefits equivalent to those of attached office employees. The Court emphasized that the previous judgment in CWJC 1315 of 1981, which recognized similar rights for the staff, had attained finality and was applicable to the current case. The Court directed the State Government to extend the replacement scale of pay and other benefits from the date of the writ petition's filing, affirming the principle of equal treatment for similarly situated employees under Article 14 of the Constitution.