JUDGMENT :

Shri Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Private respondents in these petitions had approached Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad, by filing two Original Applications, which were decided in their favour by separate judgments dated 07.04.2015. Challenging the said judgments, Union of India has filed these writ petitions in which, the orders passed by learned Tribunal rejecting the Review Application of Union of India are also challenged.

2. Since common questions of law and fact are involved in these petitions, therefore, they are being heard and decided together. However for the sake of brevity, facts of Writ Petition No. 320 (S/B) of 2015 alone are being considered and discussed.

3. Private respondents (169 persons) serving as Highly Skilled Workman in Opto Electronics Factory, Raipur, Dehradun approached Central Administrative Tribunal claiming Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- on completion of 20 years of service, by filing Original Application No. 331/00023 of 2014 (Arvind Kumar Srivastava and 168 others vs. Union of India and others). The reliefs sought by them in their Original Applications are reproduced below:-

“8.1 This Hon’ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to issue a writ ord