B P. Singh. J.

1. The instant writ petition has been filed by trained teachers claiming that they should be given the same scale as has been granted to Science graduate trained teachers. The petitioners are Arts graduates pursuant to an advertisement the petitioners and many applied for appointment as Assistant Teachers in the Elementary Schools in the district of Siwan the petitioners along with many others were selected for appointment, and were appointed initially as Assistant Teachers on stipend basis. All the teachers so appointed were paid monthly stipend of Rs.174- Amongst the assistant Teachers as also Art teachers. All of them were graduate trained, meaning thereby that all of them were graduates, whether in Science or Arts and had acquired the necessary taining to work as teachers. Twenty teachers in Science and thirty teachers so appointed were granted matric trained scale. Thereafter, by order dated 28-5-1983 ail the Science teachers were promoted to the higher scale, namely, graduate trained scale, but the petitioners and other Arts teachers have continued in the lower scale, namely, martic trained scale. Their grievance is that they should also be promoted to