K.T. VEERAPPA . vs STATE OF KARNATAKA . — C.A. No. 1216 - 1256/2003

Case Summary: K.T. Veerappa v. State of Karnataka Decision: The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and quashed the High Court's Division Bench judgment dated March 8, 2000. The Court restored the Single Judge's order directing the State of Karnataka and University of Mysore to extend revised pay scales effective January 1, 1977, and subsequent revisions to the appellants, with all monetary benefits payable within four months. Key Reasoning: The Court found the State and University's denial of pay scale benefits to similarly-placed employees arbitrary and discriminatory. Since 23 other University employees had already received these benefits under prior court orders, denying identical benefits to the appellants violated Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court rejected the respondents' argument that statutory amendments were prerequisites, holding that the earlier Division Bench order mandated immediate implementation. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.