V.S. Kokje, J.

1. This order shall also govern the disposal of Misc. Petition No. 1305/87 (Panchayat Karmachari Sangh, M.P. v. The State of M.P. and Ors.).

2-3. The petitioner No. 1 in Misc. Petition No. 982 of 87 is a registered Association of employees of Janpad Panchayat and Jila Panchayat of district Ratlam. The other petitioners are or were employees of these Panchayats. The petitioner No. 1 in Misc. Petition No. 1305/87 is a Trade Union named Panchayat Karmachari Sangh, M. P. duly registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, it is represented by its President and office bearers. In both these petitions a declaration that the employees of the Janpad Panchayat and Jila Panchayat are Government servants has been sought and a direction has been sought that they be treated as Government servants and be paid all the benefits, which are available to a Government servant. A grievance of discrimination has been made on the ground that some of the employees of Janpad Panchayat and Jila Panchayat in the Mahakaushal region are being given favourable treatment and are being given all the benefits of Government Service, the employees of Madhya Bharat region are not being given these ben