IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO.16788 of 2025 =========================================

MRUGENDRASINH KANAKSINH SOLANKI & ORS.

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance :

MR. R. D. KINARIWALA for the Petitioners.

MS FORAM TRIVEDI, AGP for the Respondents.

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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI Date : 09/02/2026 ORAL ORDER

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Ms. Foram Trivedi, learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondent State.

2. The petitioners by way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India pray for a direction that the pay of the petitioners be put at par with their juniors who are appointed or or after 01.01.2006 and to place the petitioners at the stage of Rs.10810 in the pay band of Rs.9300-34800 (PB2) with effect from

01.01.2006.

3. The petitioners were appointed on different dates as a Shikshan Sahayaks and placed on a fixed salary of Rs.4500 for a period of five years. As on August 2005, the petitioners were in the pay-scale of Rs.5500-9000. By the coming into force of the 6^th Pay Commission