K. Vinod Chandran, CJ.—The writ petitioners were employees of Gandak Area Development Agency (for short 'GADA'). They were granted pay scale benefits under 5th pay revision with effect from 01.01.2009 and 6th pay revision with effect from 01.04.2012. Claiming the said benefits and consequences thereof with effect from January 2002 and April 2007 respectively, they filed the writ petition. The same has been allowed, hence the State of Bihar has preferred the instant Letters Patent Appeal against the order of the writ Court dated 13.04.2022.

2. Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants submits that the order under appeal is unsustainable for the fact that directions have been issued to grant the 5th and 6th pay benefits to the petitioner with effect from 01.01.2002 to 31.12.2008 and 01.04.2007 to 31.03.2012, even though there is no decision of the Board extending benefits of 5th and 6th pay from the dates with effect from which it has been granted.

3. The Court’s attention has been drawn to the Bihar Agricultural and Rural Area Development Agency Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as ‘1978 Act’). The same specifies the regulation making power of the Board. Section 39