U.D. Salvi, J.

1. Sagacity of the State's decision in imposing cut off date as 01.01.2001 for giving benefit of pay fixation on the revised/ interim revised pay scales with fitment weightage of 40 % to only those employees in service as on 01/01/2001 and denying such benefit to all other employees, who resigned, retired, expired or ceased to be in service during the period from 01/01/1996 to 31/12/2000 vide order dated 11/04/2001 is brought in question in the present petition.

2. The petitioner No.1, the All Goa Government's Pensioner Association is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 for the purposes of espousing the cause of the pensioners. Other two petitioners are pensioners, who have retired between 01/01/1996 and 31/12/2000. According to these petitioners, the recommendations of 4th Pay Central Commission came to be accepted and implemented with effect from 01/01/1986; and subsequently when the State of Goa came into existence by virtue of Goa, Daman and Dieu State Organisation Act, 1987, the pay scales of certain posts/ categories of employees were revised; and on the representations made by the Goa government's employees association, t