The matter was pursued by the High Court in the Regisrars letter dated 1 7 1969 addressed to the Secretary to the Govt.
Finance Pay Commission Department and in the D.O. letter dated 23 7 1969 written by the Chief Justice to the Chief Minister.
From the Judgment and Decree dated the 18th April, 1972 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Petition No.
A detailed letter dated 31 3 1969 was written by the Registrar to the Government with refer 1010 ence to some earlier letters of the High Court and in reply to the Governments letter dated 12.2.1969.
In respect of certain categories of the High Court staff, but number all, the Commission recommended to give them the pay scales of their companynter parts in the Secretariat.
Rama Reddy, P. P. Rao and T. V. S. N. Chari for the Appellant.
85 of 1970.
In support of the writ petition reliance was placed before the High Court on the power of the Chief Justice under Article 229 and Rule 19 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Service Rules, 1959 for brevity, the 1959 Rules .
The Assistant Secretary to the Government wrote a letter dated 12 2 1969 to the Registrar requesting that a companyprehensive numbere together with the latest scales of pay obtaining in the other High Courts may kindly be sent to the Government for placing the same before the Officers Committee for companysideration.
V. Gupte and A. Subbarao for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by UNTWALIA, J. This appeal is by certificate of fitness granted by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
The point companycerns the scope and the power of the Chief Justice under Article 229 2 of the Constitution of India.
The respondents who are members of the High Court service belonging to the categories of Bench Clerks, Lower Division Clerks, Typists and certain other categories filed a writ petition in the High Court for a writ of mandamus against the appellants directing them to implement the recommendations of the Chief Justice of the High Court made to the Government from time to time to fix the pay scales of the various categories to which the respondents belong in accordance with the scales of pay as revised by the State Government in case of companyresponding categories detailed in Annexure III of the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat service.
The Pay Commission submitted its report in 1967.
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The Chief Justice of the High Court wanted the High Court staff to be paid at the scales of pay of equivalent posts in the Secretariat staff of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Facts and figures from other States were given to show that in most of the States the scales of pay allowed to the members of the High Court service were identical with those of the Secretariat staff and the Government was asked to agree to the proposal of the Chief Justice to bring the pay scales of the High Court staff at par with those of the Secretariat.
A few facts may be stated for determination of the point at issue.
In April, 1965 a Pay Commission was appointed by the Government to make recommendations in regard to the revision of pay scales of Government employees in the various services.
The Government did number agree to do so.
The High Court has allowed the writ petition and directed the Government to give effect to the recommendations of the Chief Justice embodied in the letters of the Registrar of the High Court dated 31 3 1969 and 1 7 1969 with such allowances and such benefits as are admissible to the members of the Secretariat service in the Secretariat.
The Government did number agree to the equation of the scales of pay of the staff of the High Court to those of the Secretariats.
2136 of 1972.
