PURSHOTTAM LAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution 17 petitioners complain that they had been discriminated against by the Govt. in violation of their fundamental rights under Arts. 14 and 16 of the Constitution. The relevant facts are these.

(2.) THE petitioners are employed with the Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun. This Institute is a department of the Government of India, Ministry of Food and Agricultural. THE petitioners are Research Assistants and fall within Class III of the Non-Gazetted Technical Posts. It is alleged that the qualifications prescribed for recruitment to the post of Research Assistant Grade II are Bachelor's Degree in Science (B.Sc.) and B. A. or B.Sc. with Mathematics and knowledge of statistics for computers.

(3.) THE Second Pay Commission submditted its report on August 24, 1959. In Chapter XV the report deals with Scientific Staff. In Part II of the Chapter dealing with Class III employees in the Scientific Branch, the Commission compiled Table V which deals with 4329 posts. 59 persons having the scale from Rs. 80-220 were referred to in para 36. THE Commission summed up its recommendations as follows : <FRM>JUDGEMENT_651_1_1973Html1.htm</FRM>