JUDGMENT

[Per: Hon'ble Lok Pal Singh, J.]

By means of present writ petition, the petitioners seek following reliefs:

i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the decision taken by the Pay Anomaly Committee, State of Uttarakhand dated 17.01.2014.

ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to fix the basic pay of the petitioners at par with direct recruitsor with identically placed other employees from the date of their respective promotions on the post of Private Secretary, i.e., Rs.18750/- in the Grade Pay of Rs.6600/-, and consequentially grant the arrears of salary from the said date.

iii) Issue any suitable writ, order or direction which the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

iv) Award the cost of the writ petition to the petitioners.

2. Factual matrix of the case, as narrated in the writ petition, are that the petitioners were initially appointed as Personal Assistant in the establishment of High Court of Uttarakhand in the pay scale of Rs. 6500-10500. Petitioner no. 1 and petitioner no. 2 were promoted on the post of Private Secretary in the pay scale of R