Heard Mr. M. Bhuyan, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner; Mr. BJ Talukdar, Learned Govt Advocate for the respondents. 2. The petitioner who was appointed as Library Assistant in the Gauhati High Court has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for extending the benefit of one advance increment (notionally) given to the LD Assistants serving in the said establishment vide office memorandum No. FPC.7/92/21 A dated 31st May, 1994. The State Govt granted benefit of one advance increment notionally to the LD Assistants of Assam Secretariat with effect from 1.1.1981. Thereafter vide Govt memo No. JDJ.167/93/30A dated 21st September 1995 the above benefits were extended to the LD Assistants in the establishment of the Gauhati High Court. 3. As the petitioner was working as Library Assistant and drawing the same scale of pay with that of LD Assistant, the Registrar (Judicial), Gauhati High Court requested the State Govt to extend the above benefit to the Library Assistant working in the Gauhati High Court also. However, vide letter No. JDJ.167/93/44-A dated 16th September, 1996 the State Govt expressed its inability to agree with the request and thereby denied the benefit of one advance increment to the Library Assistant. 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that on the plea taken by the State Govt the petitioner was also denied promotion to the post of UD Assistant, whereupon the petitioner approached this Court in Civil Rule No.295 of 1982. That matter was decided on 2.1.1984 and the Division Bench of this Court in the above case reported in (1984) I GLR 144 held that the post of Library Assistant and LD Assistants are equal and they have got same status and they should get equal pay. As a matter of fact the petitioner was subsequently promoted to the post of UD Assistant. The appeal preferred against the above referred decision was also dismissed. 5. In view of the above settled position of law, I hereby direct that the petitioner is entitled to one advance increment as given-to the LD Assistant working in the Gauhati High Court. The order of the State Govt vide Annexure 8 is hereby quashed. The writ petition is allowed. No order as to costs.