1. Leave granted. These appeals have been preferred by the appellant State of Madhya Pradesh and others against the judgment and order dated 30-3-2012 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Gwalior in State of M.P. v. Dilip Singh Patel, Writ Appeal No. 163 of 2012, decided on 30-3-2012 (MP) and order dated 2-11-2012 passed in Dilip Singh Patel v. State of M.P. , 2012 SCC OnLine MP 9649. By the impugned judgment, the Division Bench of the High Court affirmed the order dated 14-2-2012 passed by the learned Single Judge in Dilip Singh Patel v. State of M.P. , 2012 SCC Online MP 1071 and the review petition against the said order was dismissed.

2. The factual matrix of the case is as follows: the respondent employees were classified as permanent employees as per the statutory provisions of the M.P. Standing Standards Orders. However, they were not granted the benefit of Sixth Pay Commission. The le