Judgment :

Leave granted. Heard the parties.

2. The appellants were appointed during 1978-1981 on daily wage basis by the first respondent (UP Co-operative Bank Ltd., (for short `the Bank'), by way of stop gap arrangement. Upto 30.6.1981, they were on daily wages. From 1.7.1981, they were paid consolidated salary of Rs.368/- per month which was increased to Rs.575/- per month from 1.4.1982. From 1.7.1983, they were extended the benefit of the minimum in the pay scale applicable to regular employees, i.e. Rs.325/- per month, with allowances, but without yearly increments.

3. On 30.7.1985, the UP Regularisation of Ad-hoc appointments (on posts within the purview of the Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Institutional Service Board)Regulations, 1985 were notified and came into force. In terms of the said rules, the appellants were regularised on different dates --1.10.1985, 9.12.1985, 24.4.1986 and 29.9.1986 and they were also extended the benefit of regular pay scales with all allowances. In the year 1990, they approached the Allahabad High Court by filing a writ petition seeking the benefit of regular pay scale, allowances and other benefits which were extended to regular employees, with effe