WRIT - A No. 12122 of 2012 at Allahabad

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 12122 of 2012 Ranjit Singh And Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashok Khare, S.K. Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Himanshu Singh, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioners who are working as Stenographers in the office of Divisional Commissioner are seeking pay parity with those identically placed Stenographers in the Collectorate/ District Magistrate and District offices under the District Magistrate. 3. It is submitted by learned Senior Advocate that petitioners were appointed as Stenographers on 08.01.2004, 24.04.2003 and 18.07.2003 as Stenographers in the office of the Divisional Commissioner Allahabad and Mirzapur and at that point of time the cadre of the Stenographers of the office of Commissioner was different one from those identically placed Stenographers in the Collectorate/ District Magistrate Office of the State. However, with