( 1 ) IN these petitions the petitioners who are holding the post either of the first division clerks or of the second division clerks have challenged the government order dated 21-4-1982 in law 148 lac 79 amalgamating the post of copyist-examiners grade-i with the post of first division clerks and the, post of copyists with the post of second division clerks. The impugned order reads as follows: "law and parliamentary affairs secretariat. Amalgamation of the posts of copyist examiners grade-i with first division clerks and copyists with second division clerks in Karnataka subordinate courts of the judicial department. Read: correspondence resting with the letter No. Roc/2760/lca i/70, dated 19th february, 1982 of the registrar, High Court of karnataka, Bangalore. Preamble: the Mysore pay commission 1966-68 made the following recommendations in para 65. 6 of chapter 65 of the report:- (1) copyist-examiners in all courts may be in the first division clerical cadre; (2) copyists may be included in the cadre of second division clerks and promoted as copyist-examiners in their turn on the basis of seniority-cum- merit; and (3) there need not be a separate cadre f