S. B. SINHA, J.

( 1 ) LEAVE granted.

( 2 ) APPELLANT is before us aggrieved by and dissatisfied with a judgment and order dated 24. 04. 2006 passed by a Division Bench of the punjab and Haryana High Court in several writ petitions filed by the respondents herein allowing their writ petitions.

( 3 ) APPELLANT is constituted and registered under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948. It is engaged in generation and supply of electrical energy in the State of Haryana. It generates thermal power at two places, viz. , Panipat and faridabad. Both the said plants appearto have different cadre strength. For better appreciation of designations of different cadres carried out in the said two thermal power plants, we may notice the following chart:

( 4 ) ONE Anil Kapoor and others who were working at the Faridabad Thermal Power Station in view of the discrepancies in the scale of pay of senior Technicians and Technicians vis-a-vis the scale of pay payable to the holders of the same post at Panipat, filed a suit relying on or on the basis of the doctrine of 'equal pay for equal work'. Plaintiffs of the said suit had joined their respective services prior to 1. 01. 1986. In the said suit, it was ave