(1) THE Petitioiner is an employee in the Ministry of External Affairs of the onion government and challenge in this writ petition is to the seniority list published on 1.8.77 under the cover of memorandum dated 18/10/1977. The petitioner alleges that the said list does not take into account the length of service and has not been properly drawn up. He also asked for grant of consequential benefits on the basis of assignment of proper seniority. During the pendency of this writ petition a similar dispute directed against the seniority list referred to above as also certain other aspects was raised in writ petition No. 565/74 before the Delhi High court and with the coming into force of the Central Administrative tribunal Act, the writ petition was transferred to the Central Administrative tribunal, Delhi bench in T.A. No. 129/85. By judgment dated 21.11.86 the Delhi bench of the Tribunal has set aside the impugned seniority list and has directed that it should be re-drawn upon the basis of the seniority based upon total length of service including continuous officiation irrespective of whether the same was ad hoc or temporary. Counsel appearing for the appellant says that th