KANTI KUMAR BORA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Instant joint writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for following reliefs :

(2.) For the grant of above prayers, it is pleaded by the petitioners that all the petitioners were initially appointed as Research Assistant/Assistant Professors in the Udaipur University which was subsequently re-named as Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. The University was bifurcated with the formation of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner by an Act known as Rajasthan Agriculture University Bikaner Act, 1987. Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner was further bifurcated into two Universities leading to creation of Agricultural University, Udaipur which was subsequently re-named as Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & technology, Udaipur with effect from 01.11.1999. The services of the3 petitioners came to be transferred to Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner.

(3.) Contention of the petitioners in the writ petition is that the pay-scale of teachers employed in the universities of Rajasthan are governed by the recommendations made by the University Grants Commission. The recommendations made by the UGC for revision of the pay-scales of the teachers which included a provision for grant of two advance grade-increments for teachers who acquired the Ph.D. degree was accepted by the Government of India vide Annex.-1 dated 27.07.1998. The State Government also agreed to revise the pay-scales of the teachers with effect from 01.901.1996 and, in pursuance of that, the pay-scales of the petitioners were revised as per recommendation of the UGC.