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THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH
KAKHETO SEMA
Vitokhe W/c Labour (Fixed), Office Of The Executive Engineer (Pwd) – Appellant
Versus
State of Nagaland – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(KAKHETO SEMA, J.)
Heard Mr. Supongwati Walling, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms.B. Kithan, learned Government Advocate for the State respondents.
2. The present petition has been filed seeking for a direction to quash and set aside the letter No. CON/ENC/LEGAL/GEN-411/2022-23/324, dated 12/04/2022, issued by the Engineer-in-Chief, NPWD, Nagaland, Kohima rejecting the application submitted by the petitioners for granting scale of pay and to pay/grant the minimum scale of pay to the petitioners in the light of judgment & order dated 26/10/2016 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of the State of Punjab & Others -versus- Jagjit Singh & Others, reported in 2017(1) GLT (SC) 47.
3. That by the order dated 18/03/1990, the petitioner No.1 was appointed as W/C Labour in the Office of the Executive Engineer (PWD), Kiphire Division, Kiphire, Nagaland. The petitioner is continuously serving the department for about 32 years without any break in service and is presently paid the revised fixed pay of Rs. 5280/-p.m.
4. That by the order dated 06/09/1994, the petitioner No.2 was appointed as W/C Labour in t
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