ORDER

1. This writ petition is filed seeking for a writ of certiorari to quash/setting aside the impugned order/communication dated 05.09.2017, issued by respondent no.2, whereby the claim of the petitioner for revision and upgradation of the pay-scale of the post of Private Secretary in the Uttarakhand State Legal Services Authority in th pay-scale of Rs. 15600-39100/- with Grade Pay of Rs.5,400/- from the date of promotion of the petitioner has been rejected, and a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to revise and upgrade the pay-scale of the petitioner of Private Secretary to Rs. 15600-39100/- with Grade Pay of Rs.5,400/- from the pay-scale of Rs.9300-34800/- with Grade Pay of Rs.4,600/- w.e.f. 01.09.2015, when the petitioner was promoted, along with difference of salary.

2. Facts, in brief, are that on 09.06.2009, the petitioner was appointed as a Personal Assistant in the pay-scale of R.5500-9000 in the Uttarakhand State Legal Services Authority. On 04.09.2015, the petitioner was promoted to the post of Private Secretary in the pay-scale of Rs.9300-34800 with grade pay of Rs.4600/-. It is the case of the petitioner that on 08.03.2011, the Department of Finance, Government