JUDGMENT :

T. Nandakumar Singh, J.

1. Heard Mr. P Nongbri, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. KP Bhattacharjee, learned GA appearing for the State respondents.

2. The relief sought for in the present writ petition are (i) a direction to the Stat respondents to extent the benefits of Assured Career Progression Scheme (for short 'ACPS') to the members of the petitioner No. 1-association on completion of 12 years and 24 years of service and (ii) a direction to the State respondents to remove the anomalies in pay scale of the members of the petitioner No. 1-association.

3. At the very outset of hearing, the Court is making an observation that this Court has no expertise to decide and fix the pay scale of the Govt. employees; and the Govt. is the competent authority to decide the anomaly in the pay scale of the members of the petitioner No. 1-association. However, at the very outset, it is made clear that the State respondents are duty bound to decide the representations filed by the members of the petitioner No. 1-association praying for removing the anomalies in the pay scale of the members of the petitioner No. 1-association.

4. The petitioner No. 1 is an association formed by th