RAJESH SONANIA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE have heard Shri Rajesh Sonania and other petitioners, appearing in person. Shri G.P. Mehra, OIC, appears for the State of Rajasthan.

(2.) THE petitioners were appointed on the post of Lecturer/ATPO in Government Polytechnic Colleges in Rajasthan, and have joined together for claiming the arrears of salary from 01.09.1996 to 31.12.1998, and thereafter from 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2008, on the applicability of the revised pay scales, which have been denied to them under Rule 15 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay -scale for Government Polytechnic College Teachers) Rules, 1999; Rule 17 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay -scale for Government Polytechnic College Teachers) Rules, 2001; and Rule 22 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay -scale for Government Polytechnic College Teachers, Librarians and Physical Training Instructors) Rules, 2010 (in short, 'the Rules of 1999', 'the Rules of 2001', and 'the Rules of 2010' respectively).

(3.) IN the present case, the first AICTE notification, on revision of pay scales for the terms and conditions of service of Teachers, Librarians and Physical Education Personnel in Diploma Level Technical Institutions, was issued vide letter dated 09.10.1998 by the Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, and the letter dated 14.01.1999, implementing a Scheme of revision of pay scales of teachers of Degree Level Technical Institution, following revision of pay scales of Central Government employees on the recommendations of Fifth Central Pay Commission. Para 2.3 of the Notification reads as follow: -