B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE Andhra Pradesh State Co-operative societies Secretaries and Employees Union invokes the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not applying the revision of pay scales with effect from 1-4-1996 on par with the Category-V Supervisors of the district Co-operative Central Banks (DCCBs) and applying the earlier scales of pay to the members of the petitioner-Union by Memo No. 59283/97/k2, dated 25-9-1997 as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, against the principles of natural justice and opposed to the doctrine of "equal pay for Equal Work" and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner-Union also prays for issuance of an appropriate writ declaring Sections 5, 8,12 and 36 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (for short the Tribunals Act ) as unconstitutional and opposed to the Basic structure of the Constitution of India. The petitioner-Union accordingly prays for appropriate further directions directing the respondents to pay the enhanced scales of pay t

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