Case Law Analysis
|Andhra Pradesh High Court
Equal Pay for Equal Work | Temple Employees Entitled to Time Scale Benefits Under Article 14: Andhra Pradesh HC
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that temple employees performing duties equivalent to government staff are entitled to time scale pay benefits, affirming that Article 14 prohibits arbitrary pay discrimination even in religious institutions managed by the state. This sets a precedent for thousands of similar cases involving endowment department workers across India.