(1.) The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the order of the respondent dated 05.08.2004 issued in Ref. No. O.Mu. No. 5404/A2/2004, to quash the same and to direct the respondent to award selection grade to the petitioner in the post of B.T. Assistant taking into account the service rendered by him as Selection Grade Secondary Grade Assistant with all consequential benefits.
(2.) The facts in brief are as under: The petitioner was appointed as Secondary Assistant in the year 1971 in an Aided Middle School, viz., Sri. Venkateswara Middle School, Andagalur Gate. It is stated that the petitioner was given selection grade with effect from 01.01.1981. It is stated that vide proceedings of the Director of School Education dated 17.11.1990, the petitioner was posted as B.T. Assistant and on 06.12.1990, the petitioner joined in the Government High School as B.T. Assistant.
(3.) According to the petitioner, as per G.O.Ms. No. 238, dated 26.06.1998, for awarding selection grade in the post of B.T. Assistant the service rendered in the selection grade post of Secondary Grade Assistant can be taken into account and since the petitioner served as selection grade Secondary Grade Assistant with effect from 01.01.1981 to 12.01.1990, the said period of nine years should be taken into account for awarding selection grade in the post of B.T.Assistant. It is the case of the petitioner that while fixing his pay in the post of B.T. Assistant, the last drawn pay in the post of Secondary Grade Assistant should be taken into account.