HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P.NO.11 OF 2002 Dt.24.9.2010 Between: Ch.Venkateswarlu and another ..Petitioners And Govt. of A.P., rep. by its Secretary for Education, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others ..Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P.NO.11 OF 2002 ORDER: Heard both the counsel. Petitioners seek directions to fix their pay scales in the revised pay scales of 1981 and correspondent scale in 1986, 1992 and 1999 revised pay scales and also give the status of Junior Assistant with all consequential benefits. It is the case of the petitioners that the 1st petitioner was appointed as Attender and the 2nd petitioner was appointed as Lab Attender in the 3rd respondent college and both the posts are admitted into grant in aid. Thereafter, they were promoted as Museum Keeper and Herbarium Keeper respectively as the said posts are equivalent to the post of L.D.C., now called Junior Assistant. Though they were promoted from the post of Attender to the post of L.D.C., they are entitled for the revised pay scales of 1981. The post of Herbarium Keeper was down graded in the year 1981 revised pay scales. Therefore, the post of Herbarium Keeper has become equivalent to the post of Record Assistant. It is stated that while degradation of any post the persons working in the said post shall be given pay protection and they shall be treated on par with the equal post before degradation. Though the petitioners were promoted as Museum Keeper and Herbarium Keeper respectively equivalent to the post of Junior Assistant (L.D.C.), the revised pay scales were not given and they were given the pay scale, which is equivalent to the post of Record Assistant. The said difference has been occurred in the subsequent revised pay scales also and therefore they seek pay protection. Sri K.Sudhakar, Assistant Government Pleader for Higher Education submits that though the counter is not filed, he got instructions that the petitioners are entitled for the pay protection. Recording the said submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Higher Education stating that the petitioners are entitled for pay protection, the writ petition is liable to be allowed. The writ petition is accordingly allowed as prayed for. No order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. 24.9.2010 kpr