( 1 ) THE main theme and the hub of the entire petition is referable to judicial scrutiny, determination and adjudication of an alleged disparity in the pay-scales of two classes of teaching and non-teaching persons employed in Private Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools aided by the Government in the State of Gujarat challenging the scheme evolved and designed on the basis of grant-in-aid policy for Private Schools and emanated from the Government Resolution dated 02-07-1999. By virtue of the impugned scheme under the Resolution dated 02-07-1999 of the State Government, the appellants (hereinafter referred to as "original-petitioners") have been in employment in various Private Aided Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools as Shikshan Sahayaks (Education Assistants), Vahivati Sahayaks (Administrative Assistants) and Sathi Sahayaks (Co-assistants) and the entire linchpin of the petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is challenged against scheme only for parity in pay-scales with other employees, who, according to them, are similarly situated and, therefore, they have pressed into service the doctrine of `equal Pay for Equal Work.

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