STATE OF PUNJAB vs SURINDER SINGH

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 distinguished between regular appointees, who undergo a selection process, and daily wage employees, affirming that the latter are not entitled to the same pay scale as regular employees. The Court set aside the High Court's order granting equal pay to daily wage employees, emphasizing that pay scale determination is an executive function, not a judicial one, and dismissed the appeals filed by the respondents.