ORDER :

1. Petitioners in this writ petition have sought the following prayers:

“(a) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or directions quashing the notification bearing No.5607/2000-2001 dated 19-01-2013 produced at Annexure-E as the same is violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution and also is discriminatory.

(b) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to consider the representation dated 11-02-2014 produced at Annexure-K and consider the cases of the petitioners for stepping up of their pay in the cadre of Assistant Lineman above that of the Junior Meter Readers pay scales at least 2 stages higher having regard additional educational qualification prescribed for them ever since the date of their appointment and grant them all the consequential benefits to meet the ends of justice.

And

(c) Pass such other orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the circumstances of the case, including the award of the costs of this petition, in the interest of justice and equity.”

2. Brief facts leading to the filing of the present petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

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