JUDGMENT :

Sandeep Mehta, J.

1. The petitioner is working on the post of Private Secretary-cum-Judgment Writer in the establishment of the Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur. Through this writ petition, the petitioner seeks to assail the action of the respondents in denying him one annual grade increment and the order dated 11.06.2020 (Annexure-16) whereby, the representation dated 04.12.2018 (Annexure-15) filed by the petitioner against the aforesaid denial was rejected and to direct that the anomaly existing in the pay of the petitioner vis-a-vis with that of another Private Secretary-cum-Judgment Writer namely Ms. Tak, at par with the petitioner, be removed.

2. Shri Vikas Balia, learned senior counsel assisted by Shri Hemant Ballani urged that the action of the respondents in denying same basic pay to the petitioner as another Private Secretary who is equal in rank and seniority to the petitioner and at par is absolutely unjustified, arbitrary and amounts to hostile discrimination. He urged that the petitioner submitted a representation dated 04.12.2018 (Annexure-15) to the respondent authorities for removal of this pay anomaly and in response thereto, the order dated 11.06.2020 (Annexu