(1.) By this writ petition, the Petitioner, Assistant Research Officer, Man Power Planning, Government of Manipur, is praying for a direction to revise the pay scale of Assistant Research Officer, (now Research Officer) of the Directorate of Manpower Planning, which is a part of the Planning Department, Government of Manipur at par with her counterpart, i.e., Research Officers working in other part of the Planning Department, Government of Manipur, i.e., at the scale of Rs. 6500-10500 per month w.e.f. 1.1.1996 as given to her counterpart Research Officers, Planning Department, Government of Manipur.);
(2.) The factual matrix, sufficient for deciding the matter in issue in the present writ petition is, briefly noted.
(3.) The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Research Officer in the scale of Rs. 800-40-1360-EB-45-1675 plus usual allowances on ad ftoc basis vide order of the Governor of Manipur being No. 2/4/81-MP and E, Imphal the 19th November, 1984 (Annexure A/1 to the writ petition); and pursuant to the said appointment order dated 19.11.1984 Petitioner joined his service as Assistant Research Officer in the Directorate of Manpower Planning. Subsequently, the ad hoc service of the Petitioner as Assistant Research Officer in the Directorate of Manpower, which is under the Planning Department was regularised vide order of the Government of Manipur being No. 2/4/84-MP and E, Imphal 31st December, 1986. The post of Assistant Research Officer in the Directorate of Manpower, Government of Manipur had been redesignated as Research Officer and so also the post of Research Officer in the other parts of the Planning Department had been re-designated as Research Officer vide order of the Government of Manipur being No-2/4/84-MP and E (Pt.II) Imphal, 19th July, 1990 at the pay scale of Rs. 2500-4225 per month. The Assistant Research Officers (designated as Research Officer) working in the Directorate of Manpower Planning, which is a part of the Planning Department, Government of Manipur and the Research Officers of the other parts of the Planning Department are doing the same work and their responsibilities are also equal. The pay scale of Research Officer had been revised from time-to-time under different Manipur Services (Revised Pay) Rules. Under the Manipur Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1989 CROP 1989') the pay scale of Research Officers working in the Directorate of Manpower Planning and the Research Officers of other parts of the Planning Department was revised from Rs. 1640-2900 to 2400-4225 per month treating the employees of the different Directorates under the Planning Department, Government of Manipur, to be equal in all respects.