Judgement

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.:- The appellants in the Civil Appeal and the petitioners in the Writ Petitions are all trained Graduates, that is to say, all of them possess the B.Ed. or B.T. degree in addition to the B.A. Degree. They are teachers in Government schools in the State of Haryana. They did not possess the B. Ed. or B.T. degree when they joined service initially. They acquired the B.Ed. or B.T. degree qualification subsequent to their joining service which was between the years 1953 and 1973. Some of them acquired the B.Ed. or B.T. degree qualification before September 5, 1979 and in some cases after September 5, 1979. The importance of the date September 5, 1979 will become evident as we proceed to state the facts. It appears that in the Haryana Educational Service, there were two categories of teachers described as Masters and Basic Trained teachers. 25% of the posts of Masters were reserved for promotion from the posts of Basic Trained teachers. Masters could be promoted to higher posts. There appears to have been some dissatisfaction regarding the scales of pay for teachers and so in 1957, there was a revision of the scales of pay by an order dated July 23, 1957. All