Judgment

S.B. Majmudar, J.-This appeal by grant of special leave under Article 136 of the Constitution of India has brought in challenge the judgment and order rendered by the Central Administrative Tribunal. Principal Bench at New Delhi in O.A. No. 1 of 1989, filed by the 429 original applicants before the Tribunal insofar as the Tribunal has not granted them full relief as prayed for therein. In order to appreciate the grievance of these appellants it will be necessary to note a few introductory facts.

Background Facts

2. The appellants are working as Draftsmen in the Central Water Commis­sion (‘CWC’ for short). It is not in dispute that the said Commission is functioning under the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. According to these appellants the Third Pay Commission appointed by the Central Government had observed that the pay scales allowed to the Draftsmen were rather low and they were required to be upgraded as per the recommendations of the said Commission. The case of the appellants is that upto 20th June 1980 the draftsmen in Grades I, II and III in CWC and Central Public Works Department (‘CWD’ for short) were enjoying identical pay scales from 1st January