SUDHANGSHU SEKHAR GANGULY, J.

( 1 ) THESE are two petitions for staying the operation of the judgment and order dated 23/03/1989 passed in Matter No. 1436 of 1988 one filed by the State of West Bengal and two others and the other by Shri Sabyasachi Sengupta and four others, all being officers in different departments of the Government of West Bengal and all belonging to the West Bengal Civil Service.

( 2 ) THE facts relevant for the present purpose may be stated as follows: west Bengal Civil Service (W. B. C. S. henceforward) and the West Bengal Junior Civil Service (W. B. J. C. S. henceforward) were two wings of the State Administrative Service. Half the recruits to the W. B. C. S. were selected through competitive examinations and the other half by promotion from the members of the W. B. J. C. S. vide The Bengal Provincial Services Recruitment Rules, 1930.

( 3 ) THE two wings of the services were unified by the provisions of West Bengal Services (Unification of State Services) Rules, 1974. These Rules which came into effect from 1/03/1974 virtually superseding the Rules of 1930 and such other Rules, provided a senior Scale and a junior Scale of pay. All the members of the erst

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