MANISH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties.

(2.) Petitioners have approached this Court for a direction upon the respondents to treat their service as Senior Accounts Clerk and further provide them revised pay scale meant for Senior Accounts Clerk considering the fact that in light of merger of Junior Accounts Clerk vide letter no. 1876, dated 18.01981, no decision of demerger has yet been taken by the State Government and aforesaid fact of demerger has also been accepted by the Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Finance vide letter no. 6389. Dated 28.09.1999.

(3.) The facts of the case in brief is that petitioners joined their services as Junior Accounts Clerks on various dates, earliest being 11.11.2004. They are aggrieved by the letter bearing no. 2388/F dated 08.07.2014 as the same has severely affected the petitioners in a way that it has deprived them from getting the pay scale of Senior Accounts Clerks. In spite of being appointed as early as in the year 2004, opportunity of being treated as Senior Accounts Clerk has been ousted by publication of impugned letter.