ARBIND BHUSHAN DEY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners have filed three separate writ petition, seeking an identical relief arising out of the same cause of action and, thus, all the three writ petitions are being disposed of by this common order.

(2.) COMMON prayer in the aforesaid three writ petitions is for issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, commanding upon the concerned respondents to immediately and forthwith allow them the unrevised Graduate Trained Pay Scale of Rs.850 -1360/ -in the 4th Pay Scale and the subsequent replacement scales of pay in the 5th Pay Scale with effect from the respective dates on which the petitioners acquired teachers training in the light of the Government letter no. F/Wa 1 -08/80 Ed. 50 dated 20.2.1981.

(3.) MR . A.K.Mehta, learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the District Superintendent of Education prepared gradation lists of Science Teachers in the year, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998 but they were never finalized. The last gradation list was issued in the year, 2002. It is further submitted that as per letter no. 2277 dated 20.9.2002, issued by respondent no.4, the total number of vacant post for B.A. Trained was 19 whereas for B.Sc. Trained was 47. The petitioners represented on 8.10.2001 that they should be allowed Graduate Trained Pay Scale and they are legally entitled for the same from the date when they acquired the qualification of training and finally they filed the present writ petitions.