P. KRISHNA MOORTHY, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner was appointed as Munsiff on 4-1-1971 in karnataka Judicial Department and he was promoted as Civil judge in the year 1980 and further promoted to the post of district and Sessions Judge in the year 1980, in the scale of Rs. 4550-5600. He took charge of the post of District and Sessions judge on 20-6-1990. He had worked in various capacities as additional District and Sessions Judge, Kolar, District Judge member, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal and Presiding Officer, labour Court, Bangalore, etc. , and retired from service on 31-12-1994.

( 2 ) IT is alleged by the petitioner that the post of Munsiff and Civil Judges carry uniform scale of pay. The post of District judges also carried uniform pay scale of Rs. 4550-5600 upto 1-6-1989. Thereafter, as per the Government Order dated 1-6-1989, 10 posts of District Judges were created in the higher scale of pay of Rs. 5600-6300. The method of appointment to these posts was also prescribed by the Government Notification dated 28-7-1989 which is produced as Annexure 'a' and these posts are called as District Judges (Super timescale ). Thereafter 10 more posts of District Judges were upgraded to superti

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