SAVITRI DEVI vs U.O.I. — W.P.(C) No. 317/1998

Case under Section X. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010078131998

Filing Date

08-May-1998

Registration No

W.P.(C) No. 317/1998

Diary Number

7813/1998

Order Date

24-Jul-2003

Document Type

Judgment

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section X

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SAVITRI DEVI

    Adv. JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.U.O.I.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 24-Jul-2003

    JudgmentView PDF

  3. 24-Nov-2000

    ROPView PDF

  4. 08-May-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(C) No. 317/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: W.P.(C) No. 000317/1998 — Savitri Devi v. U.O.I. Note: The judgment document provided is actually for W.P.(C) 122/1998 (Officers and Supervisors of IDPL v. Chairman and M.D. IDPL), not the case cited in your header. Decision The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition, holding that IDPL employees have no legal right to claim pay revision when the company lacks financial capacity. The court ruled that employer's economic viability is a crucial factor in wage fixation—employees of public sector enterprises cannot be treated as government servants entitled to government-funded salary increases. Since IDPL was a sick unit registered with BIFR, suffering massive losses (Rs. 69.80 crore net loss against projected Rs. 0.08 crore profit), and the company's revival scheme had failed, the court found pay revision unjustifiable regardless of revisions granted to other PSUs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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