The petitioners, by way of this writ application, have prayed for direction upon the respondents to grant and pay forthwith the annual increment to the petitioners and for further direction commanding upon the respondents to grant arrears in respect to the annual increments.

2. The facts of the case, in a nutshell, are that the petitioners were appointed as Warden on ad-hoc basis on various dates in the year 1984 and appointment was made subject to the final approval by the Selection Committee. The petitioners were transferred and posted at different places and petitioner no. 1 was posted at District Jail, Giridih, petitioner no. 2 was posted at Sub Jail, Rajmahal (Sahebganj), petitioner no. 3 was posted at District Jail, Deoghar and petitioner no. 4 was posted at Central Jail, Dumka. The Jail Superintendent, Bhagalpur passed an order dated 16.01.1994 for regularizing the services of the Wardens, wherein, the name of the petitioners were also figured. The Inspector-General of Police constituted a selection committee comprising of 03 members, which examined the matter in detail and found certain irregularities in 2 the order dated 16.01.1994 for confirming the service of 38