DR. MANJU AGARWAL Vs. ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By means of present writ petition filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks the following relief:-

(2.) Briefly stated the facts giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows-

(3.) The grievance of the petitioner is that she should be given the pay scale of the lecturer which is also given to the other Instructors of the University of Allahabad. According to the petitioner in Fine Arts Department, there are seven other Instructors who have been given the pay scale of Rs. 515-860 but she has been discriminated and has been given the pay scale of Rs.430-685. The Executive Council of the University in its meeting dated 27.3.1974 has resolved that the posts of Instructor should be re-designated as Lecturer and all the confirmed incumbents working against these posts be given designation as well as pay scale of Lecturer. The matter was pending before the State Government. However, it had discriminated the pay scale of the Instructor and Demonstrators, Cartographers, Instructors in Physical Education Department and Research Assistant in the University of Allahabad.