JUDGMENT

D.P. Mohapatra, J.-The appellant, Shri P.S.N. Rao, who a Joint Director of Industries, then working as Principal, College of Accountancy and Management Studies at Cuttack filed the writ petition OJC No. 1621 of 1980 in the High Court of Orissa against the Government of Orissa represented by Secretary to Govt., Industries Department, Shri R.J. Jachuck, Joint Director of Industries, then working as General Manager, IPICOL, Orissa and Shri Khageswar Das, Director of Technical Education and Training, Orissa seeking the reliefs inter alia :-

"(i) Quashing of the Government Orders appointing the opposite parties 2 and 3 (described as such in the writ petition) to Class-I (Jr.) grade and to Class-I (Sr) grade posts earlier than the petitioner s appointment to these grades;

(ii) Quashing of the Industries Department notification No. 14016-I dated 17/20th August, 1960 in which the pay scale of the post of lecturer (Mining) was upgraded from the scale of pay of Rs. 200-700/- to the scale of pay of Rs. 300-860/-;

(iii) Quashing of the appointment of opposite party No. 3 to the class-I pay scale of Rs. 300-860/- vide Industries Departme