JAGDISH CHAND AWASTHI Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This petition is by Sri Jagdish Chandra Awasthi and Sri Arjun Singh and is directed against the State of Uttar Pradesh and the Director of Education, U.P. The petitioners are Assistant Teachers in Intermediate and Higher Secondary Schools run by the State Government. They teach students of classes VI to VIII. Their grievance is that in certain matters pertaining to their service conditions they have been discriminated against by the State Government and certain actions of the State Government are arbitrary. A few facts necessary to decide the petition may be noticed.

(2.) In the State of Uttar Pradesh there are four categories of educational institutions imparting instructions to students of classes VI to VIII. There are -

(3.) The second grievance of the petitioners is in respect of promotion to the CT Grade of Rs. 450 - 720. According to them those who have already worked in the scale of Rs. 400 - 620 for ten years and have been allowed the scale of Rs. 450 - 720, promotion to the CT Grade brings no benefit as the CT Grade also carries the same scale of Rs. 450 - 720. This according to the petitioners is arbitrary.