JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents herein to re-fix the petitioner''s scale of pay as Rs.8000-272-13500 instead of Rs.5900-200-9900 as on 01.01.1996 and subsequent increments and refix his pension and award monetary benefits to him with effect from 01.03.2017 as per G.O.Ms.No.62, (Finance (CMPC) Department), dated 09.03.2015, on par with similarly placed persons.)

1. This writ petition is filed for issuance of a writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents herein to re-fix the petitioner''s scale of pay as Rs.8000-272-13500 instead of Rs.5900-200-9900 as on 01.01.1996 and subsequent increments and refix his pension and award monetary benefits to him with effect from 01.03.2017 as per G.O.Ms.No.62 Finance (CMPC) Department, dated 09.03.2015, on par with similarly placed persons.

2. The petitioner was appointed as Physical Education Teacher in the Government High School, Eraviputhoor, Kanyakumari District on 24.01.1972. The petitioner was transferred to the Meenakshipuram, Kanyakumari District, on 01.01.1982 and attained superannuation on 31.07.2002. The petitioner was placed un