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61. For all the above reasons, the impugned orders dated 2.7.90, 16.3.98 and all other orders which have the effect of redesignating the applicants  who were recruited as Data Processing Assistants  as Data Entry Operators in the scale of 1350-2200 (or 1400-2300 by concession of counsel) are arbitrary and illegal, ultra-vires and are declared violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. The appellants are declared entitled to the designation of Data Processing Assistants grade II (also called earlier as gr B) in the scale of Rs.1600-2660 with effect from 1.1.1986, the date when the IV Pay Commission scales came into force. The appellants are also entitled to the scale of Rs.5000-8000 with effect from 1.1.96 in view of the government orders passed in connection with the Vth Pay Commission recommendations.