As a result, posts of Senior Translators were redesignated as Revisors and equated with the posts of Superintendent Grade II in the Establishment of the Punjab Civil Secretariat.
However, on that basis respondents repre sented to the Chief Justice of the High Court to allow them similar benefits from 23.1.1975.
Case of the respondents is number based on any Constitutional or any other legal provisions when they claim parity with the posts similarly designated in the Punjab Haryana High Court and their pay scales from the same date.
Similar ly posts of Junior Translators were redesignated as Translators and equated with the posts of Assistant in the Establishment of the Punjab Civil Secretariat.
1999 1 SCR 587 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by P. WADHWA, J. State of Himachal Pradesh in this appeal has challenged the judgment dated May 21, 1992 of the Division Bench of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh hereinafter referred to as the High Court allowing the writ petition filed by certain categories of employees of the High Court seeking parity in pay scale from a particular date and redesignation of their posts with the employees of the Punjab Haryana High Court.
Their case was recommended by the Chief Justice to the State Government for obtaining approval of the Governor of the State for redesignation equation of the posts of Senior Translators and Junior Trans lators from 23.1.1975 instead of 25.9.1985.
Since numberapproval was received from the Governor of the State as recommended by the Chief Justice of the High Court, the respondents filed writ petition in the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for redressal of their grievance.
This was done there because of the decision of the Punjab Haryana High Court in the case of Sunder Sham Kapurs case supra as above mentioned.
Consequent upon the redesignation of these posts in Punjab Haryana High Court, these posts were similarly redesignated equated in the High Court by the Chief Justice after obtaining approval from the Governor of the State.
By the impugned judgment High Court agreed with their stand.
Respon dents were given their new designations and scale of pay from 25.9.1985.
Subsequently, Notification dated 23.1.1986 issued by the Punjab Haryana High Court was superseded by another Notification dated 8.10.1987 whereby Punjab Haryana High Court Establishment Appoint ment and Service Conditions Rules, 1973 were given effect from 23.1.1975 instead of 25.9.1985.
That was by numberification dated 17.6.1987.
25.9.1985 as per numberification dated 23.1.1986 after receiv ing approval of the President of India under clause 2 of Article 229 read with Article 231 of the Constitution.
