Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J.

1. Heard Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rajendra Dobhal, the learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. G. D. Joshi, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioner was initially appointed as a Pump Operator in the year 1993 in the respondent University. The Board of Management issued an order dated 21st December, 2006 revising the pay-scale of the Pump Mechanic from Rs.3050-4590 to Rs.4000-6000 working in the Water Works Department of the University. The feeding cadre of Pump Mechanic is Pump Attendant, Pump Operator, Pump Driver, Watermen Attendant & Plumber. The petitioner, being a Pump Operator, was promoted as a Pump Mechanic in the Farm Establishment of the University upon completion of 14 years of continuous service.

3. It transpires that the University submitted a proposal to give the pay-scale of Pump Mechanic from Rs.3050-4590 to Rs.4000-6000 as given to the Pump Mechanic of the Water Works Department of the University. This proposal is annexed at Annexure-4 to the writ petition. Without the proposal being approved by the Board of Management of the University, it transpires that the respondents