Apangshu Mohan Lodh And Ors vs State Of Tripura And Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Gauhati High Court's Division Bench, which set aside the Single Judge's order granting equal pay for equal work to Part-Time Lecturers. The Court found that the principle of equal pay for equal work did not apply as the appellants did not seek regularization or invoke the Minimum Wages Act. The Court emphasized that the Division Bench correctly distinguished the precedent set in Vijay Kumar v. State of Punjab, affirming that the appellants were engaged on a contractual basis and not entitled to the same pay scale as regular faculty.