K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.

The question that has come up for consideration in these cases is whether, the Governor of the State is bound to give approval when the Chief Justice of the State makes a proposal with regard to salaries, allowances, leave or pension of the staff of the High Court in exercise of the powers conferred under Art.229 of the Constitution of India.

2. The Kerala High Court Non-graduate Staff Association which represents Typists Grade II, Grade I, Senior Grade Typist, Selection Grade Typist, Office Superintendent, etc., along with a member, has filed O.P. No. 19040 of 1996 seeking parity of scale of pay and allowances which were extended to similar categories of posts in the Secretariat Vide Government order G.O. (P) No. 230/95/Fin. dated 18.3.1995.0 .P. No. 4643 of 1997 was moved by the cataloguer working in the High Court Library seeking a direction to the first respondent to fix the pay of the petitioner on the same scale as that of the cataloguer of the Legislative Library of the Kerala Legislature.

3. State Government is maintaining parity in the matter of scale of pay and allowances between the corresponding categories of staff of the High Court and t