(1.) Sri S.C. Budhwar, Senior Advocate and Sri Shailendra, Advocate on behalf of the petitioners; Sri Vinod Swaroop, Addl. Advocate General assisted by Sri M.S. Pipersenia, Standing Counsel on behalf of respondent No. 1, and Sri K.R. Sirohi, Advocate on behalf of respondents No. 2 and 3 present and heard. Perused the record of the case.
(2.) Association, called-'The Bench Secretaries' Brotherhood, High Court, Allahabad', as well as Rama Kant Lai, one of its member are the petitioners in the leading Writ Petition No. 47197 of 1999 under Article 226, Constitution of India, wherein they claim following reliefs:
(3.) In order to appreciate the controversy in the present writ petitions, it is essential to notice salient facts of the case.