JUDGMENT :

Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, J.

By way of the present petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following substantive reliefs:-

“i.) That the order dated 30.09.2010 Annexure-P/5 is totally illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory in view of the law laid down by this Hon’ble Court as well as the Apex Court and so that the respondents be directed to modify the order dated 30.09.2010 Annexure-P/5 to the extent that petitioners be allowed monetary benefits alongwith 9% interest per annum from the date of their joining as auditor in the department.

ii.) The Respondents be directed to grant the pay scale arrear to the present petitioners from the date of their appointment as auditors alongwith interest @9% per annum in view of the judgment dated 8.9.2009 passed by this Hon’ble Court in case titled Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan and Others vs. State of HP and Another, in the monetary benefits were allowed to the petitioners (in OA No.2242/97) CWP(T) 4063/2008 and the petitioners who were impleaded as party in the year 2007 (in OA No.2242/97) CWP(T) 4063/2008.”

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the key facts of the case are that the petitioners are working and had worked as Auditors with respondent No.