J.B. Pardiwala, J.

By this writ-application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ-applicants, serving as Drivers in the Border Wing of Home Guards, have prayed for the following reliefs:

“(A) This Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or a writ in the nature of mandamus, or any other writ, order or directions directing the respondent authorities to grant the revised pay scale of Rs. 950-1500 to the present petitioners with effect from the date of appointment with all incidental benefits of service and with interest at the rate of 18 percent per annum till the date of actual payment.

(AA) This Hon'ble Court may kindly be issued a writ of mandamus and/or a writ in the nature of mandamus and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, quashing and setting aside the impugned decision taken by the first respondent dt. 15th of February 1996 vide Annexure: N to this petition.

(AAA) Be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to comply as per the recommendations made by the Pay Anomaly Committee dated 10.5.2000 and be pleased to quash and set aside the report of the Cabinet Sub-Committee dated 24.5.2005, rejecting the report of