Judgment

Nanavati, J.-The appellants have challenged in this appeal the decision of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 2010 of 1992.

2. Both the respondents were initially appointed as teachers in Panchayat Union Primary School. In the year 1985, they were serving as teachers in the Middle School of the Panchayat Union at Alangombu. The said Middle School was upgraded as Government High School with effect from 28.10.85. The respondents opted for absorption in the Government High School and therefore became a part of the secondary education service. Some junior teachers who had continued as teachers in the Panchayat Union Primary Schools were subsequently promoted as Head Masters in the Primary and the Middle Schools run by the Panchayat Union. They were allowed to draw their pay in the scale of Rs. 2000-3200 from 1.6.88, following G.O. No. 1381 dated 5.10.1990. The result was that they started getting more pay than the respondents and other teachers in the Government High Schools with continued to draw the selection grade which happened to be less than the pay scale of the Head Masters in Primary and Middle schools of the Panchayat Union. The respondents, therefore, a