JUDGMENT

Petitioners have approached this Court seeking the following reliefs:

“i) To issue a writ of certiorari quashing Ext. P8 to the extent to which it reduces the pay scale of the petitioners from Rs.

42,500-87,000 to Rs. 40,500-85,000;

ii) To issue a writ of certiorari quashing clauses 7, 12, 13 and 14 of Ext.P4 and the same clauses in the similar undertakings signed by the petitioners as unjust, illegal and unsustainable;

iii) To declare that clauses 7, 12, 13 and 14 of Ext.P4 and the same clauses in the similar undertakings signed by the petitioners are illegal and unconstitutional and therefore they will not govern the service conditions of the petitioners;

iv) To issue a writ of mandamus directing the 3^rd respondent to refrain from implementing clauses 7, 12, 13 and 14 of Ext.P4 and the same clauses in the similar undertakings signed by the petitioners against them;

v) To issue a writ of mandamus directing the 3^rd respondent to pass orders granting notional promotion to the petitioner to the post of Manager (Technical)/ District Manager with effect from the respective dates on which they assumed charge of the said post;

vi) To issue a writ of mandamus directing the 3^rd responden