Judgment

M. H. BEG, C.J.I. :- The Petitioners before us are employees of the Forest Research Institute and Colleges Dehra Dun in the posts designated as Computors, Their grievance is that they should be treated as Research Assistants Grade II and given the same scale of pay and other conditions of service as are applicable to Research Assistants Grade II The respondents. Union of India and the President of the Forest Research Institute, deny that the petitioners are entitled to be treated as Research Assistants Grade II. The petitioners rely upon certain alleged admissions on behalf of the opposite parties. on certain classifications of Computors in the past, prior to the recommendations of the Third Pay Commission 1973 as well as on the last mentioned report of the Central Pay Commission. Furthermore, learned counsel has invited our attention to the case of Purshottam Lal. v. Union of India, (1973) 1 SCC 651where upon a Writ Petition by Computors, they were shown as having been given identical scales of pay with the Research Assistants Grade II. This decision, however, does not deal with any controversy as to the correct classification of computors in comparison with Research Assis