JUDGMENT

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.: -This appeal by the Director, General Rice Research Institute is filed against the order of the Central Administrative Tribuanl, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack holding that the respondent Khetra Mohan Das should he held to have been apointed in the Category II, Grade T-II-3 in the scale of pay of Rs. 425-700 with effect from the date the Technical Services Rules of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ("I.C.A.R." for short) came into force. To appreciate the point involved, it is necessary to state few material facts.

2. An advertisement was made inviting applications for appointment for a Senior Field Assistant, one of the techinical posts mentioned in the Hand Book of the Technical Services under the I.C.A.R. The concerned employement exchange sponsered the name of the respondent who held a degree of of B.Sc. (Hons.) He was appointed in the year 1971 in the Central Rice Reasearch institute ("C.R.R.I." for short) Cuttack, a wing of

I.C.A.R. as a Senior Field Assistant in the scale of the pay of Rs. 150-300. On the report of the Third Pay Commission, that scale was revised to Rs. 330-560 with effect from 1-1-73. On 1-10-75 the Technical Service Rule