By filing this writ petition, the petitioner prayed for directing the respondents to provide him the benefits of pay scale of Rs.1450-3710/w.e.f. 02.12.1987, i.e. from the date of his entry to the service as a Sub-Inspector of Police (for short ‘S.I. of police’) under the Police Department of the Government of Tripura and also for grant of pay scale of Rs.7450-13000/- w.e.f. 02.12.1997 as per Tripura State Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1999 (for short ‘ROP Rules 1999’) and further to provide him the next graded pay scale of Rs.10000-15100/- on his completion of 17 years of service, i.e. w.e.f. 02.12.2004 under Rule 10 of ROP Rules 1999.

2. Heard learned counsel, Mr. A. Lodh for the petitioner and learned Additional Government Advocate, Mr. S. Chakraborty for the respondents.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that he joined the service as a S.I. of police under the respondents on 02.12.1987 in the existing pay scale of Rs.5601300/- . Under Revision of Pay Rules, 1988 (for short ‘ROP Rules 1988’) the pay scale of Rs.5601300/- was revised to Rs.1300-3200/- . Subsequently, Finance Department vide Memorandum dated 07.11.1992 revised the scale of Rs.1300-3200/- to Rs.1450-37