JUDGMENT

Bharati H. Dangre, J. - The petitioners, the employees of the State Government, working with the Water Resources Department have approached this Court seeking quashment and setting aside of the circular dated 02/12/2010 issued by the Government of Goa, Department of Personnel Secretariat by which the petitioners are denied the effect of the MACPS and recoveries were proposed from the petitioners on account of wrongful fixation of their pay. The petitioners also seek a relief of fixation of their salary in the pay scale of Rs.9300-34000 + Rs.4200(G.P.) and the pensionary benefits based on the said pay scales along with future benefits based on revised pay scales. They also seek stay of the impugned circular by which the petitioners alleged is affecting their prospects of appropriate fixation.

2. The petitioners bank on the judgment passed by this Court wherein the same circular dated 02/12/2010 came to be assailed along with the Corrigendum dated 15/04/2011 and it is the submission of the petitioners that the said Writ Petition was instituted by the employees of the Public Works Department (PWD) of State of Goa and in Writ Petition No.668/2014, the Division Bench of this Cour