B.V. Nagarathna, J.

This writ petition is listed for orders. However, with consent of learned counsel for Union of India and Postal Department and learned counsel for the respondent it is heard finally.

2. Petitioners-Union of India and Postal Department have assailed order dated 22.11.2017 passed in O.A. No.170/00898/2016, a copy of which is at Annexure-A. By the said order, the Central Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to, as “the Tribunal” for the sake of convenience) has allowed the original application by holding that the appointment of the applicant to the post of Postal Assistant based on the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination cannot be considered to be a promotion but a case of direct recruitment. That since the applicant has got two financial upgradations one under Time Bound One Promotion (TBOP) on completion of sixteen years and Biennial Cadre Review Scheme (BCRS) on completion of twenty six years in the Postal Assistant cadre, she would be entitled to 3rd Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (hereinafter referred to as “MACP-III”, for the sake of convenience) benefits on completion of thirty years of service as a Postal Assistant with ef