JUDGMENT :

Briefly stated facts are that the petitioners’ before this Court had been appointed in the Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, on the post of Lab Technicians, as against their respective dates of their appointment. They have contended, that after their respective appointments made, they have been working with the respondents with an unblemished service records.

2. Because of the fact, that there was a disparity in the payment of the scale of salary, which was made admissible to be paid to the Lab Technicians, like that of the petitioners, who were serving in the Medical Department, and qua their counterparts, who were working with the Central Government or with the other State Governments.

3. To remove this disparity in scale, the Government had issued a Government Order on 15th April 2010, whereby the scale of the employees of petitioner cadre, was upgraded from Rs.4000- 6000, it was revised to be made payable to Rs.5200- 20200, with the grade pay admissible and payable on it of Rs.2400, which was further enhanced revised to Rs.9300- 34800, with the grade pay of Rs.4200.

4. The similar upgraded pay scale, as enforced to be made payable by the Government Order o