JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to fix the scale of pay of the members of the petitioner association under the pre-revised scale of pay (Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 1996) and consequently fix the pay from the date of appointment as in the case of G.O.Ms.No.340, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated 26.08.2010.)

1. The writ on hand has been instituted by the Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers Association to direct the respondents to fix the scale of pay of the members of the Petitioner Association in pre-revised scale of pay (Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 1996) and consequently to fix the pay from the date of appointment, as in the case of G.O.Ms.No.340, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated 26.08.2010.

2. The writ petitioner is an association formed by the Secondary Grade Teachers appointed on the basis of State seniority, as per the judgement of this Court. The petitioner association is a registered association. The writ petition is filed mainly on the ground that there is an anomaly in the matter of fixation of pay between the Secondary Grade Teachers who were appointed prior