COURT NO.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 692 (S/S) of 2001 (Old Case No. 40891 of 1997) 1. Mangal Singh Bisht, S/o Sri Bacha Singh, Assistant Teacher, Government Higher Secondary School Agaspur, Almora. 2. Keshav Dutta Rikhadi, S/o Sri Mathura Dutta Rikhadi, Assistant Teacher, Government Higher Secondary School, Agaspur, Almora. ........Petitioners Versus 1. Education Secretary (Secondary), State of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. 2. Director of Education (Secondary), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. ........Respondents Sri Sharad Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners. Learned standing counsel for the State. Dated: 26.02.2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition, a writ of mandamus has been sought seeking direction to the respondents to give the petitioners revised pay scale since January 1986. 2. Claim of the petitioners is that after the provincialisation of the Institution, the petitioners are also entitled for the same pay scale. 3. Let a representation be made to the State Government and the State Government may take a decision considering the grievance of the petitioners as raised in the writ petition ignoring the earlier decision of the Director within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 4. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) 26.02.2008 RBS