HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 2107 of 2022 Jagat Chand Ramola and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present:

Mr. C.D. Bahuguna, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. C.S.

Dalakoti, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. K.N. Joshi, D.A.G. for the State.

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

The challenge in this petition is made to the orders dated

01.09.2022 and 01.08.2022 issued by the respondent no.2/Senior Staff Officer (Establishment), in the Office of the Engineer-In-Chief, Public Works Department (“PWD”), Dehradun. The order dated 01.09.2022 relates to the petitioner no.2 Kushal Singh Panwar and order dated 01.08.2022 relates to the petitioner no.1 Jagat Chand Ramola. These orders were passed post retirement of the petitioners, which records that in the year 1995, the petitioners were absorbed in the service, but they were given higher pay scale of Rs.1200 – Rs.2040, whereas they were entitled to the pay scale of Rs. 950 – Rs. 1500 and accordingly. By these impugned orders, directions were given that the dues and pension of the petitioners may be fixed.

2. Briefly stated, according to the petitioners, after appearing