1. - Both the writ petitions mentioned above are being decided by this common order as in both of them matter in dispute is the same.

2. S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1071/1991This writ petition was initially filed by the Rajasthan Agriculture University Assistant Professors Association through its Secretary Zabar Singh Solanki, but later on, 54 petitioners were added as individual party and thus, this writ petition was treated to be filed by the petitioners against the respondents. It was stated in the writ petition that the petitioners are Assistant Professors in the respondent No. 2 Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner (hereinafter referred to as "the Agriculture University") constituted under Rajasthan Agriculture University Ordinance later-on replaced by Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of, 1987").The petitioners were initially appointed as Research Assistants in the erstwhile University of Udaipur, later on, renamed as Mohan Lal Sukhadia University and they were appointed after selection by a duly constituted statutory Selection Committee of the Mohan Lal Sukhadia University in the UGC Pay Scale of Rs. 300- 600 prevailing at that time. The University of Udaipur proceeded to designate Research Assistants as Lecturers and this was purported to have been done on account of amendment made in statute 47(i) whereby the term "Junior Lecturer" was substituted by the term "Lecturer" and a copy of that Notification dated 7.9.1997 is marked as Annexure-1A to the writ petition. Thus, the petitioners were appointed as Assistant Professors and they are getting emoluments in the pay scale Rs. 2200-4000, which is again UGC pay scale.Later-on, anomalies developed in the cadre structure of the University Teachers (between persons appointed as Research Assistants and Assistant Professors appointed directly); on the enforcement of University Grants Commission (UGC) Pay Scale and, therefore, the Board of Management considered the matter of resolving the anomalies in its meeting held on 24.11.1988 and the Board of Management resolved to give revised UGC pay scale of Rs. 2200-4000 to the Lecturers and Research Assistants and the Board of Management further resolved that such, of Junior Lecturers and Research Assistants, who were later on designated as Lecturers and then as Assistant Professors shall be placed in the seniority down below those who were appointed as Assistant Professors directly in the very first instant and that was done with a view to bring uniformity in the cadre structure so as to bring the same at par with other Universities. The Board of Management further resolved to designate Research Assistants and Lecturers as Assistant Professors. The photostat copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Management held on 24.11.1988 is marked as Annex.3 to the writ petition.Thereafter, in pursuance of the resolution of the Board of Management dated 24.11.1988 (Annex.3 to the writ petition), the respondent No. 2- Agriculture University passed an order dated 4/6.5.1989 (Annex.4 to the writ petition) notifying the designation of Lecturers and Research Assistants as Assistant Professors with effect from 1.1.1973 or from the date of their joining, whichever is later. However, it was made clear that the persons duly selected as Assistant Professors will rank senior to the Lecturers/Research Assistants.Later on, a new set of pay scales was devised with a new set of policy for the purpose of teaching staff in the Universities and that resulted in a lot of conflict among the teachers of the Universities and Colleges and some teachers of the Universities and Colleges went on strike. Thereafter, the Government of India, in agreement with the agitating teachers of the Universities and Colleges, decided to make revision of pay scales of the teachers of the Universities and Colleges and other measures for maintenance of standards in Higher Education, which have been notifie