HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE Writ Petition No.20280 of 1994 Between Mallesh and others ..Petitioners AND The Chairman and Managing Director, SETWIN and another ..Respondents :: JUDGMENT :: Counsel for the appellant Sri B.Sairam Goud Counsel for respondent No.1 Smt.A.Anasuya, Counsel for respondent No.2 Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce 18.1.2007 In this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have made the following substantive prayer: “It is therefore, just and necessary that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in extending the scales of pay in respect of the some of the employees and denying to the same to the other employees amounts to discrimination which is violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, and further direct the respondents to extend the scales of pay of Last Grade Service to the petitioners also and pass such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”. During the pendency of the writ petition, the Court passed interim orders on 29-8-2006, 5-9-2006, 10-10-2006, 28- 11-2006 and 26-12-2006. In the last order, the Court, after taking cognizance of G.O.Rt.No.2501, dated 13-7-2006 issued by the government, directed that the monetary benefits payable to the petitioners in terms of the government order shall be paid on or before 15-1-2007. Smt.Anasuya, learned counsel for respondent No.1 says that in furtherance of the order passed by the Court on 26-12- 2006, the pay of the petitioners has been fixed at Rs.3,900/- per month and arrears have been paid with effect from 13.7.2006. She gave out that the amount has been actually paid to the petitioners on 12.1.2007. Learned counsel for the petitioners says that in view of the above, the writ petition may be disposed of as infructuous. Ordered accordingly. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ 18.1.2007. psr