ORDER :

1. The petitioner herein seeks rectification of the pay anomaly of himself and his junior Mrs. S. Malathi, wherein his junior is drawing higher scale than that of the petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case is as follows:-

While the petitioner joined the services of Thimiri Panchayat Union School as Secondary Grade Teacher (SGT) on 18.08.1988, his junior joined as SGT on 18.01.1989 in the same School. The petitioner was promoted as Primary School Head Master in the same school on 21.11.2004 and his junior was promoted as Primary School Head Master in Thimiri Panchayat Union School on 21.02.2005. Likewise, while the petitioner was promoted to the post of B.T. Assistant on 05.03.2007, his junior was promoted as B.T. Assistant on 16.08.2010. At this juncture, the petitioner’s junior was granted a special grade of pay. Thereafter on 19.09.2011, both the petitioner, as well as his junior, were promoted to the posts of B.T. Head Master/Head Mistress. At this point, there arose a pay anomaly between them. When the petitioner herein had sought for rectification of this pay anomaly, the same came to be rejected by the second respondent herein through his proceedings dated 09.09.2015