J.B. Pardiwala, J.

1. By this writ application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the applicants serving as 'Junior Chemists' with the Surat Municipal Corporation, have prayed for the following reliefs:

"7. The petitioner respectfully prays that, on the basis of the facts and circumstances as mentioned hereinabove and which may be urged at the time of hearing, the Honorable Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondent authorities and may be pleased to:-

(A) direct the respondent authorities to remove anomaly in the pay-scale prevailing in the cadre of Junior Chemist and Chemist and further be pleased to declare and hold that the Junior Chemists serving under the respondent Surat Municipal Corporation are entitled and eligible for the pay-scale of Rs. 5500-9000 at par with Chemist on the basis of the principle of equal pay for equal work, and

(B) direct the respondent authority to pay to the petitioners the pay-scale of Rs. 5500-9000, as being paid to the Chemist, from their respective dat