JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.-These appeals arising out of the judgments and orders dated 22.11.1999, 16.11.2000 (as corrected on 11.12.2000), 20.5.2003 and 29.7.1998 passed by the Allahabad High Court in Civil Misc. Writ Petition Nos. 18979 of 1998, 970 of 2000, 30234 of 2001 and 17885 of 1996 respectively involving similar questions of law and fact were taken up for hearing together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

FACTS :

2. The Respondents herein are Section Officers, Private Secretaries, Bench Secretaries and Assistant Registrars working in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. They filed several writ petitions praying inter alia for issuance of a writ of or in the nature of mandamus inter alia directing the State of Uttar Pradesh to fix higher scale of pay. Such scales of pay were claimed purported to be on the basis of scales of pay paid to their counterparts i.e. Section Officers, Private Secretaries, Bench Secretaries or Assistant Registrars of Delhi High Court. The Private Secretaries PAs, Bench Secretaries filed writ petitions bearing No. WP No. 1408/93 and WP No. 26550/95 respectively before the Allahabad High Court which were allowed by judgments and orde