STATE OF HARYANA . vs SATYAPAL SINGH — C.A. No. 2909 - 2911/2001

Case Summary: C.A. No. 002909-002911/2001 Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Haryana's appeal on November 13, 2007, finding no infirmity in the Division Bench's order. The Court upheld that all Language Teachers in vocational institutes are entitled to arrears of pay from 15/7/1992 (the date of the original single judge's judgment) in the revised pay scales, not merely from 3/9/1997 when the government's implementing order was passed. Reasoning: The Court rejected the State's argument that arrears were limited to original petitioners only, holding that court directions operate "in rem" (against all similarly situated persons), not "in personam." Since the State had already paid full arrears to initial petitioners from 15/7/1992 without challenge, respondents are equally entitled to the same benefit. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.