This is a writ petition in respect of the petitioners' claim for higher scale of pay for the higher qualification they acquired while serving as Assistant Teachers in the concerned school. The two petitioners while serving as Assistant Teachers in the Birpara Nepali High School, District Jalpaiguri, pursued their studies with the permission of the Managing Committee of the school through correspondence course of Himachal Pradesh University and in due course obtained post-graduate degree, that is, M.A. degree in English and History respectively. In view of their obtaining higher qualification the petitioners are entitled to higher scale of pay in accordance with the Government circular applicable in the matter and they also prayed for the same with the recommendation of the school authorities. They made such representation to the respondent No.3, the District inspector of Schools (SE), Jalpaiguri in the month of August 1995 and November 1995 respectively. It is the contention of the petitioners, as submitted that although their representation for higher scale of pay on the basis of higher qualification bas not yet been expressly rejected by the District Inspector of Schoo