JUDGMENT :

(A.S. Bopanna, J.)

1. The appellants-Union of India and others are before this Court assailing the order dated 14.10.2014 passed by the High Court of Delhi in Writ Petition (Civil) No.4606 of 2013. By the said order, the High Court has set aside the order dated 18.10.2012 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench (‘CAT’ for short) in O.A. No.39 of 2011 and the order dated 01.04.2013 passed in the Review Application bearing R.A.No.43 of 2013. The CAT had thereby declined the relief sought by the respondents herein for parity in pay scales. The High Court while setting aside the order of CAT has held that the respondents would be entitled to the benefit in terms of paragraph 3.1.9 of the recommendations contained in the VIth Central Pay Commission (VIth CPC for short). The appellants therefore claiming to be aggrieved are in this appeal.

2. The respondent is an Association of Employees in the Head Quarters of Ordnance Factory Board. They sought for upgradation of the pay scales of Assistant and Personal Assistants of Ordnance Factory Board, Headquarters as