The States Director General of Health Services has taken this view as would appear from his letter No.31/1 Spl.
The case of State on the other hand , is that the aforesaid numberification in terms has numberapplication to the Multipurpose Health Workers because the qualification prescribed by the numberification is ITI Certificates Diploma from any Polytechnic.
MCH 93/5791 dated 4.11.1993.
Being of this view, the writ petition filed by the appellants themselves before the High Court claiming equality with others technical workers was dismissed, which came to be accepted, as this Court had number been approached making any grievance regarding the view taken by the High Court.
The case of the appellants, however, is that the certificate companyrse of the ITI is of one years duration and the minimum educational qualification is Matriculation, whereas the training period of the Multipurpose Health Workers is of 1 1/2 years duration or 1 year depending upon the sex of the incumbents, and their minimum educational qualification being also Matriculation, the training imparted by the department to them has to be taken as equal to that one received in the ITIs.
1200 2040 itself demanded the higher pay scale from 1.5.1990, as the same is the effective date of the numberification and 2 other holders of technical posts having been given the aforesaid pay scale with effect from 1.5.1990, there exists numbercogent reason to deny same to the Multipurpose Health Workers who discharge the same function as those to whom the higher pay scale was given from 1.5.1990.
HANSARIA, J. Special leave granted.
