- (1.) The two petitioners have joined this writ petition, who have retired as a Senior Clerk in the Irrigation Department. They are aggrieved by the order dated 1.4.2011 passed by respondent no.2, Superintending Engineer, Gandak Sichai Karya Mandal-I, Gorakhpur and order dated 14.3.2011 passed by the respondent no.4, Executive Engineer, Barh Karya Khand, Deoria whereby the petitioners' claim for the second promotional pay scale has been rejected.
(2.) The essential facts are that the petitioner no. 1 was appointed as a Junior Clerk on 10.1.1973 in the Irrigation Department. He got his promotion on the post of Senior Clerk on 1.9.1983. According to the petitioner no.1, in the revised pay, his pay was fixed in the pay scale of Rs.4500-7000 in 1987 in terms of the Government Order dated 23.12.1987. The petitioner no.1 has completed his 24 years of service on 9.1.1997. His grievance is that in terms of the Government Order dated 3.9.2001, he is entitled for the next promotional pay scale of Rs.5000-8000 as in the entire career, he was given only one promotion. The petitioner no.1 retired on 31.3.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation in the pay scale of Rs.4500 to 7000.
(3.) The petitioner no.2 was also appointed as Junior Clerk on 13.1.1969 in the same department on 14.10.1978, he was promoted as a Senior Clerk and his pay was fixed in Rs.4500-7000 in the year 1997. His grievance is also the same as that of the petitioner no.1 that having completed 14 years of service on 1.10.1992 he was entitled to higher scale as per Government Order dated 3.9.2001 in the pay scale of Rs.5000-8000.;