STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. KARAN SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) AMITAVA Roy,J 1. Heard Dr.P.S.Bhati, learned Additional Advocate General for the appellants and Mr.B.P.Mathur, learned counsel for the respondents.

(2.) THE instant batch of appeals put to challenge the judgments and orders rendered in a cluster of writ petitions thereby allowing the same and directing the appellants -State - authorities to grant selection grades to the respondents -writ petitioners on completion of 9, 18 and 27 years of services to be reckoned from the date of their initial appointments in the pay scales of Rs.975 -1720, 1200 - 2050 and 1640 -2900 respectively. By the decision impugned, a time frame of two months had been granted to comply therewith.

(3.) THE State -appellants and its functionaries (respondents in the writ petitions) while refuting the claim of the respondents - writ -petitioners have amongst others raised the plea of delay in staking the same. While distinguishing their cases with those who, according to them, are similarly placed, it has been stated that the respondents -writ -petitioners had been granted selection grades in the admissible pay scales on completion of required length of service as per the Rules as due to them. It has been averred as well that the respondents -writ -petitioners were not entitled to the pay scale of Rs.1640 -2900 on completion of 27 years of continuous service as claimed by them. They reiterated that the respondents - writ petitioners were entitled to selection grades as per the circular dated 25.1.1992 in the following terms: -