Pradeep Nandrajog, J.;—

1. S.K.Sharma, an employee of ‘National Council for Cement of Building Materials’ (hereinafter referred to as „the Cement Council?) seeks pay parity with Assistants working in the different Ministries and Department of Government of India; he being employed as an Assistant Manager. It is his case that he was appointed under the Cement Council as a Senior Assistant in the pay-scale Rs. 425-850/- (Level 1) which was the pay-scale in vogue as per recommendations of the third Central Pay Commission recommendations pertaining to the employees under the Union and implemented by the Cement Council. It is further his case that the 4th Central Pay Commission recommended the replacement scale of Rs.1400-2600 for Assistants under the Union which was implemented by the Government with effect from January 01, 1986 and likewise by the Cement Council. He pleaded that Assistants working in the Central Secretariat Service who were likewise placed in the pay-scale Rs. 1400-2600/- challenged the same and pleaded an entitlement to be placed in the pay-scale Rs. 1640-2900/- and succeeded. He further pleads that by reason of an Office Memorandum dated 31st July 1990, the