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(b) If the demand is maintainable, what should be the amount of compensatory allowance having regard to-
(i) the economic conditions now prevailing in the country and the necessity for checking inflation in prices and controlling the cost of living;
(ii) the average emoluments of bank employees aforesaid as compared with the average emoluments of employees in other similar institutions in West Bengal;
(iii) all other relevant circumstances."
8. This rule was issued on or about the 5th October, 1957 and is principally directed against these two orders passed by the Central Government and the prayer is to issue of a Writ of Certiorari quashing the same and for a Writ of Mandamus for the same purpose. I must at once point out that the rule as drawn appears to be defective because the orders complained of are not judicial orders and certainly cannot be set aside by a writ of Mandamus. The appropriate form should have been to ask for a Writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the reference and the proceedings and for a Writ in the nature of Mandamus on the respondents directing them to forbear from) proceeding with the reference.