Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. &Anr vs Gulshan Lal & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the interpretation of a judgment from the Civil Judge, Faridabad regarding the entitlement of employees of the Haryana State Electricity Board to higher pay scales under the principle of 'equal pay for equal work'. The Court upheld the lower court's decree granting the plaintiffs the pay scales of Rs. 1400-2600 from 24.10.1991 and Rs. 5000-8000 from 1.1.1996, while denying interest. The Court emphasized that the decree had attained finality and the employees were entitled to the declared pay scales despite objections raised by the appellants.