( 1 ) BY this writ application, the petitioners, nine in number, all vocational and engineering training schools in the State of West Bengal, have prayed for direction upon the respondents to introduce pay scale to the teaching and non-teaching staff and to modify/amend the old Grant-in-Aid Rules, 1930. The petitioners have further prayed for setting aside the order dated 6th December, 1991 passed by the Secretary, Commerce and Industries Department, government of West Bengal being Annexure 'p-14'.

( 2 ) BY the said order dated 6th December, 1999, the Joint Secretary of the concerned department has turned down the prayers of the petitioners for grant of pay scale and amending the existing Grant-in-Aid Rules, 1930.

( 3 ) THE following facts are not in dispute:a) The petitioners are running their schools with the Grant-in-Aid for technical and industrial schools as per G. O. 26t-A. 1 dated 19th April, 1930. These industrial schools are functioning with the assistance of its staff with the approval of Director of Industries of West Bengal under the scheme applicable to different technical and industrial Grant-in-Aid schools. These schools are run under the s