ORDER :

Nandita Chatterjee, Member (A)

1. Two O.A.s. bearing Nos. 259 of 2013 and No. 615 of 2018 have been taken up together for adjudication as the applicants in the former, ministerial staff and applicants in the latter, namely Stenograpers, are both aspirants for promotion to Inspectors of Income Tax and have variously challenged certain policy notifications of the Respondent authorities.

2. Heard both learned Counsel, examined pleadings and documents on record. Written notes of arguments have been filed.

3. O.A. bearing No. 615 of 2018 has been filed by ad hoc Stenographers (Gr. I) praying for the following relief:-

(a) Leave be granted to move one single application jointly under Rule 4(5)(a) of the Central Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1987 as the applicants have got a common grievances against the same impugned proposal for draft of Recruitment Rules and all of them are similarly circumstanced person.

(b) To quash and/or set aside the impugned paragraph No. (vi) of the Order No. 19 being File No. PCCITA/VB&S/Pers./49/DPC/4E/01/2017-18 dated 25.4.2018 issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Headquarters (Personnel & Establishment), Kolkata whereby they have