1. - Central Administrative Tribunal (here in after referred to as the CAT) vide its impugned judgment dated 12.2.1998 had directed the present appellant to hold a review DPC/Board meeting in order to consider the cases of the respondent Nos. 2 and 3 Sarvashri Dr. M.N. Khan and I.K. Sharma for promotion to the post of Scientist-C and if found suitable for grant of promotion w.e.f. the date when other persons mentioned in the eligibility list dated 25.10.1995 had been granted such promotion with necessary consequential benefits. The above said direction in the impugned judgment Annexure-3 has been challenged by the Union of India in the present writ petition.

2. The admitted facts are that the respondent Nos. 2 and 3 had made a grievance before the CAT for not including the names of the applicants in the eligibility list of 25.10.1995 for appointment to the post of Scientist-C with a further prayer for issuing necessary orders correlating the order of promotion 30.6.1995 to the post of Scientist-B to the years to which the vacancies - list which promotions they had not been assigned the seniority date. The respondent Nos. 2 and 3 were initially appointed on the post of Assis