JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-Leave granted.

2. The Union of India questions legality of judgment rendered by Division Bench of the Guwahati High Court upholding judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal (for short the Tribunal ) by which direction was given to pay Stenographers of subordinate offices the same scale of pay as paid to the Stenographers Grade C in the Central Secretariat. The said direction was given by order dated 25.2.2000 in review application No. 15/98 in OA No. 151/91. Originally, by order dated 10.8.1998, the application No. 151/91 was dismissed by the Tribunal.

3. Factual background forming foundation of the subject matter of appeal is as follows :

The respondent (hereinafter referred to as the employee ) was working as a Stenographer Grade-II in the office of Geological Survey of India w.e.f. 4.1.1984. He was placed on the pay scale of Rs. 1400-40-1800-EB-50-2300 based on the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission. There was dissatisfaction by several employees about the scales. A Board of Arbitration was constituted after agitation by some of the staff. It rejected the claim of absolute parity of pay scales of Stenographer Grade-II with that of Sten