State Of Madhya Pradesh & Ors vs Yogesh Chandra Dubey & Ors

The Supreme Court held that daily wage employees cannot claim the minimum pay scale for regular posts unless they have been appointed in accordance with statutory recruitment rules, specifically the Madhya Pradesh Public Health Engineering Department (Non-Gazetted) Service (Conditions of Service and Recruitment) Rules, 1976. The Court emphasized that the doctrine of 'equal pay for equal work' does not apply where there is no legal right to regularization of service. The appeal was allowed, overturning the High Court's decision that had favored the respondents' claims for regular pay.