SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, A.P. vs A. VASARAIAH — C.A. No. 6325/2001

Summary The Supreme Court allowed the Superintending Engineer's appeal and set aside the orders of both the Labour Court and High Court. The respondent, a Head Mazdoor employed since 1975, had sought promotion/re-designation to Work Inspector-IV citing identical job duties and that a junior colleague received similar benefits. The Court found the Labour Court erred by relying on the precedent of another employee (Shanti Kumar) in a different division without establishing that the actual job duties were identical, and the High Court failed to examine these critical issues. The respondent's claim was dismissed. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.