THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION Nos.45132 and 45384 of 2022

COMMON ORDER:

Since the issue involved in both these writ petitions is one and the same, they are taken up together and being disposed of by this common order.

2) In both the writ petitions, the petitioners are aggrieved by the action of the respondents in holding that the petitioners are not eligible for protection of their pay scales which they were drawing prior to regularization of their services.

3) Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Kata, learned counsel for the petitioners, and learned Government Pleader for Services-II appearing for the respondents.

4) The case of the petitioners, in a nutshell, is that after due consideration of qualifications, eligibility and suitability of the petitioners, they were engaged as NMR employees during the year 1990-1993 respectively in the respondent department. Subsequently, taking into consideration their long length of continuous services as well as technical qualifications, respondent No.1 has extended the benefit of minimum time scale of pay attached to the post of Work Inspectors to the petitioners and others vide G.O.Rt.No.1475, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (E-II.A)