JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ratnaparkhi, J.—A mandate has been claimed against the respondent, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board directing them to grant equal fringe benefits such as the generation allowance and others, equal with the degree and diploma holders with a view to do away with the unequal treatment meted out to the non-graduates and non- diploma holders.

2. The petitioner No. 1 is presently working as a Supervisor/Assistant Shift Engineer at Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station. The petitioner No. 2 is working as a Head Supervisor/Assistant Superintendent at Nasik Thermal Power Station. The petitioner No. 3 is working as a Supervisor/Assistant Shift Engineer at Koradi Thermal Power Station. The petitioner No. 4 is working as Chargeman Grade-II at Koradi Thermal Power Station. The petitioner No. 5 is working as a Head Supervisor/Assistant Superintendent at Koradi Thermal Power Station. The petitioners are neither graduates in Mechanical, Civil or Electrical Engineering, nor do they hold any Diploma in either of these three faculties. They are all Matriculates and some of them have obtained certificates in Electrical Engineering from the recognised Institutes. They are all in servic