1. This writ petition is the transferred O.A.No.3485 of 2002 filed on the file of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal seeking for the relief for a direction to the respondents to fix the scale of pay of the petitioner admissible to the post of Firka Surveyor from 30.4.2001 and disburse the arrears.

2. The case of the petitioner is that even though he was entitled to the pay in the scale of pay of Rs.4500-125-7000, as per the revised scale of pay, he was being paid at Rs.1380/- in the pre-revised scale of pay of Rs.1200-30-1560-40-2040 from 30.4.2001 and therefore, he suffered monetary loss. It is stated by him that he made a representation on 10.9.2001 to the second respondent to disburse the pay and allowance in the scale of pay of Rs.4500-125-7000 from 30.4.2001. But no orders have been passed on his representation and therefore, he approached the Tribunal seeking for the relief, as stated supra.

3. The respondents filed a counter affidavit. It is stated therein that the petitioner's pay was not re-fixed in the revised scale of pay because of the mistake committed by the petitioner as he was abstained from duty from 1.7.1995. The revised pay scale came into effect f