JUDGMENT

Mohapatra, J.-Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh is a private educational institution duly recognized and receiving grant-in-aid from the Union Territory of Chandigarh Administration since 1.12.1967. Initially the school was imparting education upto class 10. In the year 1988, it was decided to start 10+1 and 10+2 classes in the school and upgrade it to senior secondary level. The Director of Pubilc Instructions, Union Territory, Chandigarh granted permission to the management for starting 11th and 12th classes in Humanities and Commerce, with a condition that no grant-in-aid will be provided for any additional staff. The classes were started on the recommendation of the Director of Public Instructions, the institution was granted affiliation by the Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, with effect from 1.5.1998. The corresponding classes in Dev Samaj Degree College, Chandigarh, were closed on the decision of the Chandigarh Administration that education in such classes would be given in schools. The respondents 1 to 12 are lecturers who are teaching different subjects in 11th and 12th classes of the school. When their request for grant of salary at par w