JUDGMENT :

CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, J.

The Union of India through its General Manager East Central Railway, Hajipur and other officials of the East Central Railway have preferred this writ application putting to challenge a judgment and order dated 29.09.2021 passed in O.A. No. 050/0042/2019, whereby and whereunder, the Patna Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (for short 'the Tribunal') has quashed the orders dated 02.11.2018 and 05.12.2018 which were impugned before the Tribunal, and has accordingly directed the petitioners to revise the pay scale, pay and pension of the sole respondent, by extending him the benefit of ad-hoc promotion for the purpose of determination of pay scale, salary and retiral benefits.

2. The respondent had filed the aforesaid O.A. No. 050/0042/2019 assailing the aforementioned two orders dated 02.11.2018 and 05.12.2018, whereby the basic pay of the respondent, which he was getting against a Group-C post of Senior Store Issuer, was reduced to the pay scale admissible for the post of Khalasi, a Group-D post. Consequent upon re-fixation of pay at a reduced rate admissible to a Group-D post of Khalasi, the petitioners intended to recover a sum of Rs.