WP(C) 5952/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B. P. KATAKEY Heard Mr AR Sikdar, learned counsel for the petitioners, as well as Ms Deka, lea rned standing counsel for PWD, appearing for the respondent No.2. Also heard Mr C Baruah, learned Central Government Counsel, appearing for the respondent No.3. As agreed to by learned counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for hearing and disposal, at the motion stage itself. The petitioners’ contention in present petition is that although they ar e entitled to salary in the senior Grade pay, they have not been extended such b enefit, whereas persons junior to them have been extended such benefit. It is also the contention of the petitioners that while learned Assam Ad ministrative Tribunal disposed of Appeal Case No.39ATA/2010 filed by some simila rly placed junior engineers vide order dated 24 August 2010 directing the Govern ment to consider their cases along with other similarly placed persons for exten ding the benefit of the senior Grade pay-scale as per provisions of law, the app eal being Case No.29ATA/2010 filed by present petitioners has been dismissed vid e order dated 6th July 2010 holding that it is barred by time. Since learned Tribunal vide order dated 24th August 2010 passed in Appea l Case No.39ATA/2010 directed the Government to consider the case of the appella nts in the said appeal along with other similarly placed persons, the same benef it ought to have been given to the petitioners also, they being similarly placed persons. The petitioners, as well as the appellants in Appeal Case No.39ATA/2010 have filed their joint-representation dated 1 February 2010 to the Secretary to the Government of Assam in PWD, Assam, through the Chief Engineer, PWD(Roads), A ssam, where-from it appears that the present petitioners as well as the appellan ts in Appeal Case No.39ATA/2010 are similarly placed persons and their grievance s are also same. That being the position, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioners along with other similarly placed persons, in terms of the directions contained in the order dated 24 August 2010 passed in Appeal Case No.39ATA/2010. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.