JUDGMENT :

The Union of India through the General Manager, East Central Railway, Hajipur and other officials of the East Central Railway have filed the present writ application questioning the legality of an order dated 19.07.2019, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna in OA No. 050/00195/2015, whereby the Tribunal has allowed an original application filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 and has directed the petitioners to consider the respondent’s case for stepping up of his pay in order to bring it at par with the pay of his juniors after following the rules governing such stepping up of pay. The petitioners have been directed by the impugned order to issue necessary orders within three months from the date of receipt of the said order.

2. The petitioners had preferred a review application before the Tribunal seeking review of the aforesaid impugned order dated 19.07.2019 mainly on the ground that the stepping up of pay was permissible only when the employees are similarly situated i.e. they belong to the same cadre and the seniority-list. The said review application registered as RA/050/00005/2020 came to be rejected by the Tri