Before giving such direction. the High Court also
did not keep in mind as to what would be its
implications and impact on the other employees working
in the appellant-University. From the averments made
in the writ petition extracted above, it is clear that
no details were given and no material was placed before
the High Court for comparison in order to apply the
principle of `equal pay for equal work'. This Court in
State of Haryana & Ors. vs. Jasmer Singh & Ors. [(1996)
11 SCC 77] observed that the principle of `equal pay
for equal work' is not always easy to apply. There are
inherent difficulties in comparing and evaluating work
done by different persons in different organizations or
even in the same organization.
Yet, in another decision in State Bank of India &
Anr. vs. M.R.Ganesh Babu & Ors [(2002) 4 SCC 556], a
Bench of three learned Judges of this Court, while
dealing with the same principle, in para 16 has
expressed that:-