Nishita Mhatre, J.

1. The employees of the High Court at Calcutta have been waiting patiently to have the recommendations of the Special Pay Commission which were submitted on 24th August, 2010 with regard to their pay allowances and other service conditions, implemented. These recommendations have been tossed to and fro between the State Government and the High Court Administration and have been the subject matter of litigation without any substantial justice being done to the employees. Besides 2 (two) increments which have been given to them after the interim report was submitted on 22nd April, 2009, the employees have got no further benefit pursuant to the recommendations of Special Pay Commission.

2. A Special Pay Commission was appointed in 1996 by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with only Hon’ble Judges of this High Court as its members for recommending the pay scales and allowances payable to the staff and officers of the High Court. The recommendations made by the Special Pay Commission of 1996 were accepted by the Full Court, and the State Government was requested to agree to pay them. However, the State Government refused to accept these reco