THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25371 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners were appointed as Art Teachers, for which the scale of pay at present is Rs.6195-14175/- . Their grievance is that though the teachers with similar qualifications are being appointed as Trained Graduate Teachers and are put in a higher pay scale, they are denied of the same. They draw parity between those two categories. It is also stated that the teachers who are discharging similar functions in other category of institutions such as Navodaya, Kendriya Vidyalayas are paid higher salaries. With this background, they claim parity of pay scales with the Trained Graduate Teachers. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioners herein were selected and appointed as Art Teachers, a special category of post in the institutions established by respondents 2 and 3. They were very much aware that the post to which they have applied carries a particular scale and that it is different from the scale of pay for the post of Trained Graduate Teachers. If the petitioners felt that they too were eligible to be appointed as Trained Graduate Teachers, which carries a higher scale of pay, they could have opted for that post, if it was otherwise permissible and they were up to the mark. Once they applied for a particular post and they were appointed against it, the petitioners cannot draw parity with other posts, on the sole ground that the qualifications for both the posts are one and the same. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 09.09.2011 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25371 of 2011 Date: 09.09.2011 JSU