State Of M.P.& Ors vs Ramesh Chandra Bajpai

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, affirming that the respondent, a Physical Training Instructor, is entitled to the UGC pay scale as per the precedent set in P.S. Ramamohana Rao v. A.P. Agricultural University [1997 (8) SCC 350]. The Court emphasized that denying the pay scale would lead to discrimination against the respondent, given that other Physical Training Instructors had already received the UGC scale. The Court found that the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh (Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy) Class III Ministerial Services Recruitment Rules, 1987, and the Madhya Pradesh Educational Service (Collegiate Branch) Recruitment Rules, 1990, did not preclude the respondent's claim for parity in pay.