State Of Punjab And Ors vs Surinder Singh And Anr

The Supreme Court held that the principle of equal pay for equal work requires complete and total identity between employees for wage parity. The Court clarified that daily wage employees, despite performing similar functions as regular employees, are not entitled to the same pay scale unless they have undergone a selection process. The Court set aside the High Court's order granting equal pay to daily wage employees, affirming that such matters fall within the executive domain, not judicial. The appeals were allowed, and the suits filed by the respondents were dismissed.