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Civil service- -- Pay scale-Determined with reference to responsibilities and nature of duties-Stenographers working with Law Officers in Office of Advocate-General claiming B. P. S. 15 instead of B. P. S. 12­Duties of such stenographers, held, not identical to those of P. A.­cum-Judgment writers with High Court Judges and P. A.-cum­-Stenographers with Registrar and Additional Registrar, High Court and Secretaries to Government allowed B. P. S. 15, hence claim rejected by Service Tribunal-Punjab Service Tribunals Act (IX of 1974), S. 4. M. Assadullah Siddiqi for Appellants, A. G. Humayun, District Attorney for Respondents. JUDGMENT S. ABDUL JABBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN).-Messrs Muhammad Siddique, Ghulam Ali, Saddaqat Ali, Muhammad Ijaz Ahmad Siddiqi, Muhammad Aslam. Ihsanul Haq Chughtai and Sh. Iftikhar Ahmad, all Stenographers in the office of Advocate-General Punjab, Lahore, have filed this appeal under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, in which they have impleaded the Government of the Punjab through Secretary Finance Department, Lahore and the Government of the Punjab through Secretary, Services and General Administration and Information Depart­ment, Lahore, as respondents. 2. By virtue of this appeal they have prayed that the decision of the Government dated 4th June, 1984' be set aside being discriminatory against the principles of law laid by the Superior Courts and the appeal be accepted and they be upgraded to B. S. 15 as their counterparts are drawing from Ist July, 1983, the date of upgradation of the Steno­graphers. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the appellants are working as Stenographers in B. S. 12 in the Office of Advocate-General, Punjab. They made representations through Advocate-General Punjab to the Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Law Department for upgradation of their posts from B. S. 12 to B. S. 15. However, the Finance Department took decision on 4th June, 1984 showing inability to agree with their proposal. Hence this appeal. 4. We have heard the learned counsel for the appellants as well as learned District Attorney and have perused the record of this case care fully with their assistance. 5. Learned Counsel for…

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