KERALA STETE ELECTRICITY BOARD V. N.SUKESEN AND ORS INSC 843; 1996 JT 575; 1996 SCALE 398

NAME OF CASE- Kerala State Electricity V. N. Sukesen and Others FACTS- N. Sukesen, a Junior Engineer employed by the Kerala State Electricity Board and the KSEB Workers Association, filed a writ petition challenging certain service orders issued by the Board. These orders pertained to the grant of advance increments to Junior engineers based on their educational qualifications, specifically distinguishing between graduate and non-graduate engineers. The petitioners contended that such differentiation violated the principle of equality enshrined in Article 14 of the Constitution, as it treated unequal without reasonable justification. ISSUES- 1. Whether the KSEB's policy of granting advance increments exclusively to graduate Junior Engineers, thereby excluding non-graduates engineers, constituted discrimination in violation 14 of the Constitution. 2.