JUDGMENT :

A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

1. This Original Petition is preferred by the Union of India and its officials in the Ministry of Defence (Department of Expenditure) as well as the Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) against the order dated 17.11.2015 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench in OA No.596 of 2013.

2. The brief facts necessary for disposal of the OP(CAT) are as follows:-

The respondent in this original petition, who was the applicant before the Tribunal, was appointed as Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) Grade II in the Central Finger Print Bureau, CBI on 12.05.1975. The post of ACIO was later re-designated as Sub Inspector (FP) on 28.10.1997. The administrative control of the Central Finger Print Bureau (CFPB) was transferred from the CBI to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) with effect from 01.07.1986 and pursuant thereto, the post held by the applicant in the CBI was transferred to NCRB on 28.12.1987 (Annexure A7). It is significant that on the same day, apart from the post of the applicant one post of Deputy Superintendent (FP) and one post of Inspector (FP)