Sh. Narendra And Ors. vs Municipal Corporation Of Delhi on 31 October, 2014

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
                                                      Reserved on: 26.09.2014
                                                    Pronounced on: 31.10.2014
+      W.P.(C) 2259/2012, C.M. NO.6050/2014
       SH. NARENDRA AND ORS.                   ..... Petitioners
                  Through: Ms. Pragnya Routray, Advocate.
                         Versus
       MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI ..... Respondent
               Through: Sh. Gaurang Kanth, Advocate.

       CORAM:
       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPIN SANGHI

MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
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1.     The petitioners in these proceedings under Article 226 of the
Constitution        of   India,   challenge   the     order   of   the   Central
Administrative Tribunal (hereafter "CAT") dated 23.11.2011, in O.A.
No. 1179/2011, by which the CAT held that the petitioners were not
entitled to the grant of pay-scale of ₹ 5000 - 8000, or to be designated
Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) in the respondent (hereafter "MCD").
2.      The brief facts are that in the 1970s, MCD had employed
vaccinators in the pay-scale of ₹ 260 - 430, for the purposes of
vaccinations for smallpox. In 1977, smallpox was eradicated. Under
the expanded immunization program, introduced in 1978, every
vaccinator was re-designated as an "Immunizer", and was required to
perform the tasks of vaccinations/inoculations for smallpox, cholera,
typhoid, diptheria, tetanus, and pertusis, as well as of birth and death
registration. Meanwhile, the MCD had also appointed "inoculators" in



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 the pay-scale of ₹ 330 - 560. The duties of the inoculators were the
same as those of the vaccina