(1.) THE Petitioner has prayed mainly the following reliefs in the petition:
(2.) THE brief facts of the case are that Petitioner was engaged as TGT (Arts) on contract basis vide Officer Order dated 02.12.1996 at fixed salary of Rs. 1650/ - plus allowance per month. He continued as such. The Petitioner is performing the duties equal to the regular counterparts. The qualification for regular appointment and contract appointment is the same and Petitioner is possessing the requisite qualification. The pay scale for regular hand for the same post as per 1998 Revised Pay Rules is Rs. 5480 -8925/ -. On the contrary, the Petitioner was being paid Rs. 1650/ - plus allowance for similar job which after revision of pay scale for Lecturer is fixed Rs. 8178/ - and for DPE Rs. 7576/ -.
(3.) THE Respondent -department has now formulated a different formula for giving DA to contract teachers vide memo dated 07.08.2002 vide which it was decided that the contract teachers would be paid basic pay minimum of the pre -revised pay scale of the post, DA at the rate of 203% which was being paid prior to the issuance of Finance Department letter dated 08.11.1999, interim relief first, second and third installments and other allowances as admissible in the respective areas. The new formula will adversely affect the salary being paid to Petitioner and shall cause financial loss without affording an opportunity to the Petitioner of being heard before resorting to new formula. It has been alleged that directions have been issued to the District Treasury Officer, who are now going to give effect to these instructions thereby reducing salary of the Petitioner by an amount of Rs. 1500 -1800/ - per month.