This judgment will also dispose of Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 34824 of 1992-Bekaru Prasad v. State of U. P. , Writ Peti tion No. 34823 of 1992-Ram Naresh Prasad v. State of U. P. , Writ Petition No. 41531 of 1992-Hari Shanher Mishra v. U. P. S. R. T. C. , and Writ Petition No. 36326 of 1992-R. S. Tiwari v. U. P. S. R. T. C. , as there is common question of law and facts involved.

2. The petitioners are employees of U. P. State Road Transport Corporation. They are conductors/drivers. It appears that they ware given selection grade and later on the selection grade was cancelled by impugned order dated 18-8-1992 passed by the respondent No. 4. The petitioners grievance is that the selection grade has been given by the Assistant Regional Manager and as such it could not be cancelled later on by the Regional Manager. They seek quashing of the impugned order and direction in the nature of mandamus to release the differences of the amount between the salary actually paid to the petitioners and the amount of salary in the selection grade to which they are entitled. Their grievance is that they have not been heard before withdrawal of selection grade and the action of t