S. PARVATHA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners are aggrieved by the stoppage of payment of unhealthy locality allowance (Bad Climate Allowance), Special Compensatory allowance Rent-free quarters or Additional House Rent Allowance in lieu of rent free from quarters from 1-3-1996. Therefore, they seek a Writ of Mandamus deciding the payment of the said allowances with effect from 1-3-1996 after declaring that the stoppage of the said payments is violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) WE do not see how that can be done unless the petitioners establish that they have a right to the said allowances. It is not the case of the petitioners that some Government servants in the State are being paid the said allowances and that they are being denied in spite of their being placed in a similar position as the others receiving the said benefit. The learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents are agreed that no State government servant is being paid the said allowances after 1 -3-1996. No doubt, the Government appointed a Committee to enquire into the question as regards the feasibility of continuing the said allowances. It is stated

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