PARAMVIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) FEELING aggrieved against the order dated 4.1.2013 (Annexure P -4), passed by respondent No. 2, petitioners have approached this Court by way of instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ in the nature of Certiorari, for quashing the impugned order.

(2.) NOTICE of motion was issued and pursuant thereto, written statement was filed on behalf of the respondents.

(3.) PER contra, learned counsel for the State submits that recommendations made by the Additional Secretary of the respondent administrative department vide Annexures P -1 and P -3 were not sufficient for the purpose of treating the petitioners at par with the Assistant Mechanical Engineers. While referring to the averments taken in preliminary submissions, learned counsel for the State submits that since qualifications of the petitioners as well as Assistant Mechanical Engineers were not exactly the same, petitioners were not entitled to claim parity, in the matter of pay scale. He prays for dismissal of the writ petition.