JUDGMENT :

BIREN VAISHNAV, J.

1. RULE returnable forthwith. Mr. Kurven Desai learned AGP waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent/State.

2. With the consent of learned advocates for the respective parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing.

3. Mr. A.S. Asthavadi learned advocate for the petitioner states that the case of the petitioner is covered by the decision of this Court in case of Chunibhai Nanjibhai Bhanderi v. State of Gujarat rendered in Special Civil Application No. 9248 of 2022.

4. The above said decision reads as under:

“1. Rule returnable forthwith. Mr. Sharma, learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of Rule for the respondent/State.

2. With the consent of the learned advocates for the respective parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing today.

3. In this petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for a direction to the respondent to grant the benefits of higher grade pay scale as per the GR dated 1.3.1993.

4. Mr. Asthavadi, learned counsel for the petitioners would draw the attention of the Court to the Oral Judgment dated 9.8.2016 passed in SCA No. 7071 of 1997 and allied m