Hon’ble P.K.S. Baghel, J.—The petitioners are ten in number. They are Headmaster, Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff, Class-IV employees in different Junior High Schools. They are aggrieved by a common order of the Director of Education (Basic), U.P., Lucknow i.e. the second respondent dated 08th July, 2010, whereby their claim for the payment of salary has been rejected.

2. Briefly stated the facts are that Rajendra Singh Smarak Purva Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Bilhat, Budaun; Tejendra Pal Singh Purva Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Nagpur Manpur, Budaun; Raja Karan Singh Junior High School, Khera, Jalalpur, Budaun; Azad Junior High School, Kakrala, Budaun, and Janta Junior High School, Bankota, Budaun are recognized and aided Junior High Schools. They are recognized under the provisions of the U.P. Basic Education Act, 1972 (U.P. Act No. 34 of 1972). These Institutions are receiving financial aid from the State Government for the payment of their teachers and non-teaching staff, hence they are also governed under the provisions of the U.P. Junior High School (Payment of Salaries of Teach