JUDGMENT

Dharmadhikari, J.-The State of Uttar Pradesh is in appeal against the judgment of the Division Bench of Allahabad High Court dated 30-11-1998 whereby the Sales Tax Officers Gr.II [now re-designated as Trade Tax Officers Gr.II and hereinafter referred to as Trade Tax Officers ] have been directed to be fixed in the revised pay scale of Rs.690-1420/- with consequential further revision of pay in accordance with the pay revision recommended by Second U.P. Pay Commission.

2. The claim of Trade Tax Officers through their association [respondent herein] in the High Court was that at par with other District Level Officers in the State services who are carrying pre-revised pay scale of Rs.400-750/-, the Trade Tax Officers should also have been given revised pay scale of Rs. 690-1420/- in implementation of the Government Resolution dated 29.12.1981 which was taken pursuant to the report of the Second U.P. Pay Commission set up for revision of pay scales of government servants w.e.f. 1.7.1979. The High Court, after going through the relevant part of the report of the Pay Commission and the Government Resolution dated 29.12.1981 taken pursuant thereto, came to the conc