w.e.f.1.1.1973 Rs.2500 2750+ Rs.650(775) 1200 Rs.550 900 Spl Pay of Rs.250 w.e.f.1.1.73 i.e.Rs.3000 _______________________________________________________ 1005 In the rejoinder filed on behalf of the petitioners in this application by one Ved Bhardwaj, General Secretary of the Federation, it is stated that the correct position of recruitment and position vis a vis the petitioners counterparts in the so called secretariat and participating attached offices are as follows: "(i) The petitioners and their Secretariat counterparts are both members of the same Central Civil Service; (ii) They are both Stenographers Grade I belonging to Group 'B ' of the Service except that the Secretariat Stenographers are gazetted, whereas the petitioners are not.