JUDGMENT :

S. MURALIDHAR, J.

1. The challenges in this writ petition are to three orders issued by this Court on the administrative side. The first is the order dated 27th March, 2017 issued by the Assistant Registrar (Administration) rejecting the application of four peons namely, Krushna Chandra Bahira (Petitioner No. 6), Gagan Bihari Sahoo (Petitioner No. 7), Mahendra Singh (Petitioner No. 11) and Basanta Kumar Pradhan (Petitioner No. 25) stating that the anomaly in their pay vis-a-vis their juniors caused by virtue of the exercise of option in fixation of pay and consequential grant of the Revised Assured Career Progression (RACP) scheme could not be rectified by stepping up of pay or antedating the increments in terms of the resolution dated 6th February, 2013 of the Finance Department, Government of Odisha.

2. The second decision challenged is one dated 23rd July, 2018 of the Under Secretary to Government, Home Department, Government of Odisha informing the Assistant Registrar (Administration) that in terms of Rule 13 (xi) of the Odisha Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 2017 (ORSP