New Delhi, November 19: The Supreme Court has ruled that government can fix extra working hours for workers even if their colleagues discharging similar function work for lesser hours and it does not violate the Constitutional provision of “equality” under Article 14.
A Bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra said in a judgement that such differential timings can be adopted by the government to face competition from the private sector and courts should not interfere in such executive function.
The apex court further said if the aggrieved employees had agreed to the timings at the time of their appointment, they cannot retract from the assurance.
“In our opinion, fixing of hours of work, provided they do not violate any statutory provision or statutory rule, are really management functions and this court must exercise restraint and not ordinarily interfere with such management functions.
–Agencies