JUDGMENT

B. P. DAS, J. — The petitioners in this writ application under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India have prayed for a direction to the O.Ps. to upgrade fifteen posts of Bench Clerk/Peskar attached to the Hon’ble Judges of the Orissa High Court to that of Court Master in the rank of Superintendent Level-II.

2. The brief facts leading to this writ application are as follows:

The petitioners were recruited to the establishment of this Court as Junior Assistants and in usual course promoted to the next higher grade, i.e., Senior Assistant. On the date of filing of this writ application, all the petitioners except petitioner No.1 were continuing in the cadre of Senior Assistant and D. K.Sahoo-petitioner No.1 was promoted to the cadre of Superintend¬ent, Level-II and all of them were posted to work as Peskar/Bench Clerks in different Benches of the Court. According to the petitioners, this Court had recommended to the State Government for designating the Bench Clerks/Peskars as Court Masters and permitting them the scale of pay as admissible to the Superin¬tendent, Level-II, which is the next higher post of Senior As¬sistant in the establishment of the Court as the na