WP(C) 2753/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA The petitioner represented by Mr. AK Sarma, learned counsel is a registered Association of the serving Block Development Officers under the Panc hayat and Rural Development Department. Their grievance is that although by noti fication dated 22.5.2000 the post of Block Development Officer was upgraded to t hat of Class-I status, but the same was done in the same pay scale of Rs. 4210/- to 10,375/-. In this connection they made time to time representations, but to no result. Eventually they made Annexure-L representation dated 29.12.2009 to th e Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam in the Panchayat & Rural Develo pment Department to remove the anomaly in the matter of their scale of pay. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondent No. 2, it has b een stated thus: 14. That with regard to the statement made in paragraph 18 of t he writ petition, the deponent begs to state that the Class I pay scale was not allowed to the petitioner as the Finance Department had regretted its inability to allow Class-I Gazetted pay in the scale of Rs. 4390-11425/- to BDOs and decid ed to maintain status quo. Now the matter has been referred to pay Anomaly Commi ttee for reconsideration. 20. That with regard to the statements made in paragraph 29 of t he writ petition, the deponent denies the same and begs to state that it is not a fact that the P&RD Department has remained silent to the prayer of the petitio ner to grant the pay scale of Class-I status. P&RD Department has already taken action in the matter. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of directin g the respondents to examine Annexure-L representation taking into account the a ttending facts and circumstances and in accordance with law and to dispose of th e same as expeditiously as possible, preferably within 31.12.2011. This order is passed in presence of Mr. BJ Ghosh, learned State Counsel.