As per G.O.M. No.
holding L.I.M. was revised to Rs.
220 425 for candidates holding the qualification of G.C.I.M. with House Surgeoncy and ii Rs.
Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 18 8 1977 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in Representation Petition No.
The appellant, therefore, applied to the Andhra Board of Ayurveda on payment of requisite fees to register here as A Class Practitioner and on their refusal to do so she filed writ petition No.
holding G.C.I.M. was revised to Rs.
Under G.O.M. No.
708 the then existing scale of Rs.
She represented to the Government that she should be given the scale of Rs.
530 1050 and the existing scale of Rs.
220 425 for M.Os.
This Diploma is also included in the Second Schedule to the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970.
180 320 for candidates holding the qualification of L.I.M. The appellant, therefore, made representations to the companycerned authorities saying that she was entitled to a higher pay scale but the authorities refused to give her the higher pay scale on the ground that only candidates with A Class Registration companyld be given the scale of Rs.
180 320.
In response to the advertisement published by the Zilla Parishad, Nellore the appellant applied for appointment to the post of Medical Officer, Local Fund Ayurvedic Dispensary, Duggarajapatnam, Nellore District and after an interview on being selected she joined the duties of the post on December 26, 1963.
180 320 for M.Os.
250 500 and the then existing scale of Rs.
574 P.R. dated October 20, 1975.
It appears that the pay scales of Medical Officers in Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis were revised twice, once with effect from March 19, 1969 under G.O.M. No.
430 800 with effect from November 1, 1974.
3507 of 1969 in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Counsel for the appellant reiterated before us the same two companytentions which were urged before the Tribunal.
430 800 for other Medical Officers.
In support of this companytention companynsel sought to invoke the principle of equal pay for equal work as, according to him, Medical Officers holding either G.C.I.M. or D.A.M. perform the same functions and discharge the same duties in dispensaries run by Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis.
180 320 and the pay scale of Rs.
125 220 was for candidates holding qualifications other than A Class Registration.
In the first place companynsel pointed out that in the earlier writ proceedings the High Court had accepted the position that the appellants qualifications were similar to the holders of G.C.I.M. and like the latter she was entitled to Class A Registration and he, therefore, urged that the appellant was entitled to the pay scale meant for Medical Officers holding G.C.I.M. right from the date of her appointment, namely, December 26, 1963, and the benefits of all the revisions of that scale.
The Tribunal rejected the Representation Petition holding that the appellant was number entitled to higher scale as she did number possess the requisite qualifications mentioned in the O.M. 574 dated October 20, 1975, and hence the appeal to this Court.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
holding L.I.M. and ii Rs.
250 500 was again revised to Rs.
K. Ramamurthi, Miss R. Vaigai and J. Rama Murthi for the Appellant.
200 to 400 was again revised by splitting the revision into two categories Rs.
708 dated December 11, 1970 and second time with effect from November 1, 1974 under G.O.M. No.
3507 of 1969 the High Court had accepted that her qualifications were similar or equivalent to holders of C.I.M. which entitled her to Class A Registration, she was entitled to the scale of pay meant for Medical Officers holding G.C.I.M. from the date of her appointment and the benefits of all the revisions in that scale.
N. Rao for the Respondent.
286 of 1977 before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal seeking the relief of revised pay scales companytending that since in the earlier writ petition No.
Besides Ayurvedic Medicine this companyrse companysisted of Modern Medicine also.
Alternatively she companytended that in any event at the time of the second revision she should have been treated on par with holders of I.M. and number lower and should have been fixed in the scale of Rs.
286/77.
530 to 1050 for M.Os.
125 220, though the post carried a higher salary according to the advertisement in fact the advertisement mentioned two pay scales for the post i Rs.
1173 of 1979.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by TULZAPURKAR, J. This appeal by special leave raises the question about the eligibility of the appellant to a higher pay scale under G.O.M. No.
200 400 and when the second revision was undertaken she was fixed in the revised pay scale of Rs.
holding either G.C.I.M. or L.I.M. but she did number receive any reply from the Government whereupon the appellant filed a Representation Petition No.
The facts giving rise to the question may be stated the appellant passed Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine DAM from Kerala University in the year 1962, having studied this companyrse for four years and nine months with one more year of House Surgeoncy.
574 P.R. dated October 20, 1975 with effect from November 1, 1974.
574 the then existing scale of Rs.
Under the first revision the appellant was given the scale of Rs.
530 1050 as was done for M.Os.
It appears that her salary was fixed in the pay scale of Rs.
200 400.
