( 1 ) THIS Writ Petiuon is filed seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the salaries due to the petitioner from 3-3-1997 to till date as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to pay the salaries due to him.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the petitioner she was selected and appointed by the Staff selection Committee on 25-2-1997 against unaided secondary grade teacher vacancy in the fourth respondent school. The said appointment was approved by the competent authority as required under law. She joined and reported for duty on 3/03/1997 and since then the petitioner is being continuously engaged as teacher till date, but her salary is not being paid though her services are being utilized regularly. The petitioner asserts that under G. O. Ms. No. 1, education, dated 1-1-1994 as per Rule 17 of the Rules she is entitled for being paid salaries as prescribed by the Governing body of the Educational Institutions. According to the petitioner in the very appointment order it was made clear that she is entitled for pay scales on par with s. G. B. T. teachers appointed against the unaided vacancies. Though this is the posit