[Judgment of the Court was made by T.S.SIVAGNANAM, J.] The legal issue arising for consideration in these appeals are squarely covered by the decision of the Hon?ble Division Bench of this Court, in the case of The Director of Sericulture Department, Salem Vs. K.Kumar, reported in 2015 (4) CTC 241, where in this Court has held in paragraphs 42 and 43 as follows
42.Therefore, in the result, all the Writ Petitions filed by the individual employees claiming Selection Grade Scale of Pay of Rs.5,000 ? 8,000 and Special Grade Pay Scale of Rs5,500 ? 9,000 are liable to be dismissed. However, there are a few Writ Petitions such as W.P.No.23550 of 2010, 5498 of 2012 and 30616 of 2012,where the employees claim that they are not even granted the admissible Selection Grade and Special Grade scales pay of Rs.4,000 ? 6,000 and Rs.4,300 ? 6,000 respectively.
43.Therefore, with a clarification that all the Petitioners in the Writ Petitions and the Respondents in the Writ Appeals are entitiled only to a Selection Grade Scale of Pay of Rs.4,300 ? 100 -6 000, but no more than that, all the Writ Petitions filed by the Employees are dismissed. All the Writ Appeals filed either by the State Government of by various Heads of Department or by Various Officers of the Government or by Various Local Bodies or Boards or Corporations, Shall stand allowed. There will be no order as to costs.
2.Following the same, present writ appeals are allowed. Consequently, all the writ petitions are dismissed and The writ petitioners in the writ petition and the respondents in the writ appeals are entitled to a higher category of seniority, in terms of the decision of the Hon?ble Division Bench. No Costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed..