ORDER :

The present Writ Petition has been filed by the Union of India and two others, being aggrieved by the judgment delivered by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench, Bengaluru [hereinafter referred to the Tribunal’for short] in OA No.170/00388/2014 dated 25.10.2018.

2. The facts of the case reveal that the respondent – employee was serving Kudremukh Iron Ore Co.Ltd., [hereinafter referred to as ‘KIOCL’for short], which is a Government of India enterprise and he was appointed as a Junior Trainee on 7.4.1992 and posted to work in the Mining Department. He was thereafter appointed as an Junior Operator-cum-Mechanic Grade-II in the Mining Department of the Company on 12.05.1994. He was promoted to the post of Junior Operator-cum-Mechanic Grade-I with effect from 2.11.1997. The respondent employee unfortunately met with an accident on 19.06.2001 which resulted in injury and he was given treatment by the company with effect from 19.06.2001 to 18.12.2002 in the Company’s Hosp