(1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties for final disposal of the petition. Petitioners claim the benefit of pay scale in the post of Jr. Engineer, Grade-I after completion of eight years of service on the post of Jr. Engineer, Grade-II and consequential pay fixation in the said scale.
(2.) Brief facts are as under:
(3.) The respondents had appeared and filed affidavit-in-reply dated 29.04.2019 of one Smti. Purnima Das, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce in which the stand taken is as under: