Saurabh Lavania, J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Pradeep Kumar Singh, leaned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P.

2. In all the writ petitions, which are being decided by this common judgment, the nature of issues involved is the same.

3. The petitioners being aggrieved by the re-fixation of salary and recovery of amount on account of re-fixation of salary have approached this Court by means of Writ Petitions under consideration.

4. The re-fixation of salary of the petitioners was carried out by the opposite parties, particularly the Director Internal Audit and Accounts, Lucknow, vide orders dated 11.05.2016, 13.06.2016 and 17.10.2017 and on the direction given therein the consequential orders of recovery were passed.

5. The relevant brief facts, as borne out from the pleadings in the writ petitions are:-

The petitioners were initially appointed on the post of Junior Accounts Clerk in the Rural Development Department/Opposite Party No.3 between 1985 and 1995.

6. Based on the recommendation of Pay Committee, with respect to the department of petitioners, in which they were initially appointed i.e. Rural Development Department, the State Governme