MAHESHKUMAR CHANDULAL PATEL vs THE STATE OF GUJARAT THR. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT — C.A. No. 9059/2024

Case under Service Laws : Promotion, Seniority, Payment of Salary, Bonus, Provident Fund, Service Benefits, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Pay Scales, Transfer Section III-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010096982018

Filing Date

14-Mar-2018

Registration No

C.A. No. 9059/2024

Diary Number

9698/2018

Order Date

14-Aug-2024

Document Type

Judgement - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2024 INSC 608

Disposal Type

Leave Granted & Dismissed

Last updated 28-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Service Laws : Promotion, seniority, payment of salary, bonus, provident fund, service benefits, equal pay for equal work, pay scales, transfer Section III-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MAHESHKUMAR CHANDULAL PATEL

    Adv. CHARU MATHUR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF GUJARAT THR. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

    Adv. DEEPANWITA PRIYANKA[R-1] DEEPANWITA PRIYANKA[R-2] DEEPANWITA PRIYANKA[R-3] DEEPANWITA PRIYANKA[R-4] SWATI GHILDIYAL [R-1] SWATI GHILDIYAL [R-3]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-Aug-2024

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  3. 14-Aug-2024

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  4. 14-Aug-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prasanna B. Varale

  5. 02-Apr-2024

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  6. 02-Apr-2024

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

  7. 27-Feb-2024

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  8. 27-Feb-2024

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

  9. 07-Nov-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  10. 07-Nov-2023

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal

  11. 03-Oct-2023

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  12. 18-Oct-2022

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  13. 18-Oct-2022

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath

  14. 12-Sep-2022

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  15. 12-Sep-2022

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

  16. 22-Aug-2022

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  17. 22-Aug-2022

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.B. Pardiwala

  18. 01-Aug-2022

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  19. 01-Aug-2022

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikram Nath

  20. 11-Apr-2022

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  21. 15-Apr-2021

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  22. 15-Apr-2021

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vineet Saran

  23. 27-Jan-2020

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  24. 27-Jan-2020

    Ordinary

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat

  25. 09-Jul-2019

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  26. 09-Jul-2019

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  27. 04-Sep-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  28. 04-Sep-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  29. 27-Aug-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

  30. 09-Aug-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  31. 09-Aug-2018

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  32. 05-Jul-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  33. 05-Jul-2018

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  34. 05-Jul-2018

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  35. 20-Apr-2018

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  36. 20-Apr-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  37. 14-Mar-2018

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 9059/2024

  38. [ 2024 INSC 608 ]

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary: Maheshkumar Chandulal Patel v. State of Gujarat (2024 INSC 608) The Supreme Court dismissed appeals by directly-appointed Assistant Professors seeking pay parity with their junior colleagues. The Court held that Rule 21 of the 2002 Pay Rules (stepping up senior employees' pay when juniors earn more) is inapplicable because the pay anomaly resulted from the State's grant of Senior Scale/Selection Grade benefits to ad hoc appointees counting past service—not from Rule 21 itself. Since Rule 21 explicitly requires the anomaly to be a direct result of its application, and allowing the relief would grant appellants benefits for years they never served, the Court upheld equity principles and dismissed the claims. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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