ORDER :

1. The Present petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the purpose of seeking following reliefs:

“10. In the premises aforesaid, the petitioner, therefore, prays that this Honourable Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or a writ in the nature of mandamus and/or any other appropriate writ, direction or order-

(A) Directing the respondents, their agents, servants, etc. to grant benefits of Permanency in Service, Higher Pay Scale, Leave Encashment, Contributory Provident Fund, Leave Travel Concession, State Insurance, and such other benefits as are granted to persons working on permanent sanctioned posts and/or which are being granted and which are paid to similarly situated employees/or and the employees appointed by the State Government on permanent basis and who are doing similar work and are performing same duties, in conformity with the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’, and as have been given to identically situated persons and on the principles laid down by Honourable Supreme Court of India in the judgment dated 26.10.2016, in the case of State of Punjab versus Jagjit Singh and others, in Civil Appeal No. Civil Appeal No. 213