The petitioners-Anil Razdan and Neelam Kumari, and the respondents-Nisha Saraf, Sanjay Kumar Bhat and Sanjay Kumar Verma, in Writ Petition SWP No. 273/2009, were appointed as Data Entry Operator/Junior Assistant in the pay scale of Rs. 950-1500 in the High Court Staff Service, governed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Staff (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1968, vide High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar’s Order No. 347 of 1995 dated 26.08.1995.

Pursuant to the directions issued on the Writ Petitions filed by various Data Entry Operators including the petitioners and the respondents, requiring the State Gov­ernment to grant and pay them salary in the pay scale of Rs. 1400-2300 (pre-revised) w.e.f. 01.03.1998 ensuring that 25% of the sanctioned posts were put in the higher grade of Rs. 2000-3200 (pre-revised), on selection from amongst the Data Entry Op­erators, who had completed five years sat­isfactory service, petitioner No. 2 and respondent Nos. 3 to 5 were placed in the Selection Pay Scale of Rs. 6500-10500 w.e.f. 13.12.2006.

It was in the year 2008 that on the basis of the Report submitted by the Committee of Hon’ble Judges that the Chief Justice, in exercise of the