Decree No 06-053/P-RM of 6 February 2006, in particular Article 47 thereof; vii. Order the Respondent State to pay each Applicant salary arrears from July 2008, the date of their appointment, to the date of delivery of the present judgment, estimated at Ten Million Eight Hundred Thousand (10,800,000) CFA Francs; viii. Order the Respondent State to pay each Applicant the sum of One Hundred Million (100,000,000) CFA Francs as reparation for the prejudice suffered; and ix. Order the Respondent State to bear costs. 14. The Applicants further pray the Court to order the Respondent State to pay each Applicant an amount of One Hundred and Twelve Million Seven Hundred Thousand (112,700,000) CFA Francs as fair compensation for the prejudice suffered and loss of income. They pray that the said amount be distributed as follows: i. Twelve Million Seven Hundred Thousand (12,700,000) CFA Francs as salary arrears from July 2008 to December 2018, being one Hundred and Twenty-Seven (127) months’ salary per Applicant, in addition to the payment of the balance of salary, estimated at 100,000 CFA Francs between the ranks of Police Superintendent and Inspector; ii. Ten Million (10,000,000) CFA Francs in respect of costs; iii. Five Million (5,000,000) CFA Francs as cost of preparing filings; iv. Thirty-five Million (35,000,000) CFA Francs per Applicant for the damage suffered; and v. Fifty Million (50,000,000) CFA Francs as reparation for prejudice suffered and missed career opportunities. 15. The Respondent State prays the Court to: i. Declare the Application inadmissible for non-exhaustion of local remedies and for containing disparaging and insulting language; ii. Dismiss the Application on the ground that it is unfounded and further dismiss the request for reparations; and 6