(1) IN these appeals the only question is whether the appellants - motor pump attendants - are semi-skilled or skilled workers as determined in the government Circular dated 11-5-1953. Alter the Ilird Pay Commission, mazdoors working in the military engineering have been classified as unskilled and their scale of pay is Rs. 196-232,"semi-skilled Rs. 200.00 to 290: skilled Rs. 260.00 to 400.00 and highly skilled Grade II Rs. 330-480, highly skilled Grade 1 Rs. 380- 560. As a consequence of fitment, all the unskilled mazdoors,. chowkidars who passed the test, were initially classified into skilled category and later it was discovered that it was a wrong classification. Consequently, directions were issued to fit them in the semi-skilled category and direction to recover the arrears paid during the period of 1984 to 1986 was also given. Some of the persons came to challenge these orders before different benches of the central Administrative tribunal. In the Cuttack bench, the same categories of persons filed OA No. 382 of 1987. The tribunal held that they being unskilled, are to be classified as semi-skilled since they had passed the test and the semi-skilled is a feeder post