JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J. - The petitioner, who was working as Hindi Teacher in Brundaban Vidyapitha, Markandpur in the district of Jagatsinghpur, has filed this writ petition to quash the order dated 22.09.2005 passed by the authority in rejecting his claim for grant of time bound advancement scale of pay on completion of 15 years of service in one post, and further seeks direction to the opposite parties to allow him to get the time bound advancement scale of pay on completion of 15 years of service of his initial date of appointment, i.e., 02.07.1982 and pay differential amount with admissible interest within a stipulated time.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that the petitioner was appointed as Hindi Teacher in Brundaban Vidyapitha, Markandpur in the district of Jagatsinghpur w.e.f. 02.07.1982. The said school became aided educational institution w.e.f. 01.03.1987. As the petitioner acquired higher 'Ratna' qualification on 25.10.1996 from Rastrabhasa Prasar Samiti, Wardha and subsequently HTTC, Hindi Training qualification on 29.12.1999, accordingly the basic scale of pay of the petitioner was enhanced under the Orissa Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 1998. The Gove