Hon’ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, J.—Smt. Geeta Dixit and 5 others are before this Court for quashing Para 5 (1) of the impugned order dated 15.6.2015 passed by the Secretary, Basic Education, Government of UP, Lucknow-respondent No. 1 and have further prayed for direction commanding the respondents to extend all consequential benefits alongwith 12% interest thereon treating cadre holder post as per terms of earlier judgment dated 5.4.2002.

2. Brief background of the case, as is reflected from the record, is that a Non-Formal Education Scheme was initially introduced by the Central Government in the year 1979-80 for imparting education to children in the age group of 6 to 14 years, who either did not attend any school or who after the joining left the school before completing primary education. Initially the expenses incurred towards the said scheme were shared by the State Government and Central Government in the ratio of 50 : 50 but later on, it was revised to 40% : 60%. The said scheme was implemented in the State of Uttar Pradesh under the Directorate of Education (Basic) U.P. For the smooth running of the scheme, certain posts, including the posts of Supervisors were cr