The respondents herein are Personal Assistants to the Deputy Registrar of the High Court or Junior Stenographers.
1 to 6 herein thereafter filed a writ petition inter alia companytending that they stand on a better footing than their companynterparts in the Central Government both as regard nature of work as also the duties performed by them which involve high degree of efficiency and integrity and responsibilities as companypared to the duties of Personal Assistant or Junior Stenographers attached to the Joint Secretaries of the Government of India.
1.1.1986 by reason of Office memorandum dated 31st July, 1990.
The Respondent Nos.
The President of India, however, on representations made by the companycerned employees of the Central Government revised the scales of pay of the P.A. to the Deputy Secretaries at Rs.1640/ to Rs.2900/ w.e.f.
It was further stated that the Private Secretaries working in the High Court cannot have any parity of scales of pay with Private Secretaries to the Secretaries to the Government of India.
1 to 6 herein at Rs.1400/ to Rs.2300/ which was similar to those payable to the Personal Assistants of the Joint Secretaries.
The Delhi High Court, however, in the light of the recommendations made by the 4th Pay Commission fixed the scales of pay of the Respondent Nos.
The appellant in its companynter affidavit filed before the High Court, however, stated that the memorandum dated 31st July 1990 prescribing revised pay scale of Rs.1640 2900/ was applicable only to the Assistants and Stenographers working in the Ministries department.
1174/94.
B. Sinha, J. How far and to what extent a writ of or in the nature of mandamus should be issued directing the Union of India to pay salary to the Officers of the High Court in a particular scale of pay is the question involved in this appeal which arises out of a judgment and order dated 8th August, 1996 passed by the High Court of Delhi in C.W.P. No.
It is number in dispute that the scales of pay of the officers and employees of the High Court did number fall for companysideration by the Pay Commission appointed by the Central Government.
