State Of Haryana And Anr vs Tilak Raj And Ors on 14 July, 2003
Learned counsel for the appellant-State of Punjab placed
reliance on decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of
State of Haryana v. Tilak Raj's case (supra) in which their Lordships
have taken a contrary view in as much as in that case the daily wagers
had claimed equal pay for equal work at par with regular and
permanent staff. Their Lordships held that since daily wagers hold no
post and scale of pay and scale of pay is attached only to a definite
post, therefore, they cannot be granted equal pay for equal work.
However, the need to pay such daily wagers the minimum wages was
recognised.