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2. (i) The petitioners were appointed to the post of lecturers in various subjects in respondent Nos.3 and 4 on 19.11.2001 and 06.12.2001. They contend that on coming to know that respondent Nos.3 and 4 had granted Pay Band-IV Scale to the petitioners, respondent No.2 raised objections on 22.03.2018 that post facto approval was not obtained for granting such a pay scale and called upon them to withdraw the said pay scale and to grant such pay scale only after approval. Respondent No.3 thus issued an endorsement to petitioner Nos.1 to 8 on 29.06.2018 stating that Pay Band - IV Scale would be stopped from July 2018 and further stated that he has recommended the case of petitioner Nos.1 to 8 for grant of the said Pay Scale to respondent No.2 with approval of the Management Committee on 29.05.2018 and 13.06.2018 and that after getting such an approval, it would be restored. In so far as petitioner Nos.9 and 10 are concerned, respondent No.4 NC: 2025:KHC:17050 had issued a letter on 28.06.2018 to the above effect. Later, respondent No.2 addressed a letter to respondent No.3 on 12.09.2018 regarding granting of the Pay Band - IV Scale and stated that on 04.01.2016 as per the guidelines of AICTE regarding granting such a pay scale under Career Advancement Scheme, API score of each lecturer should be taken into consideration. In that regard, he had written to respondent No.1 seeking clarification and stated that the cases of the petitioners would be considered after obtaining clarification.

(iv) The petitioners contend that the respondent Nos.1 and 2 did not comply with the aforesaid directions, which compelled them to initiate contempt proceedings in NC: 2025:KHC:17050 C.C.C.No.645/2022. During the course of the contempt proceedings, the respondent No.2 issued an Office Order dated 23.09.2022 contending that the petitioners' eligibility to claim Pay Band - IV Scale in 6th AICTE pay scale would come into effect after 07.11.2015 which requires Academic Performance Indicator (API) Scores and that the petitioners had not produced documents, which were mandatory for granting Pay Band - IV Scale i.e., AGP of Rs.9,000/- after 07.11.2015. Therefore, it was held that the claim of the petitioners for Pay Band - IV Scale cannot be considered retrospectively.

5. Since respondent No.2 has issued an Office Order dated 23.09.2022 stating that the petitioners have not produced API Scores under the Career Advancement Scheme for grant of Pay Band - IV Scale and since the petitioners now contend that they have produced all the documents required for the aforesaid purpose, this writ petition deserves to be disposed off.

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