ORDER :

P. Naveen Rao, J.

The above Writ Petitions are filed by the petitioners seeking a ‘Writ of Certiorari’ calling for the records pertaining to the common order dated 25.02.2020, passed in O.A.Nos.591 of 2018 and batch, on the file of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad, and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary.

2. The Respondents herein are all employees of Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Union of India New Delhi. Sri Bhavanarayana, who was working as Senior Accountant in the Office of Directorate of Accounts (Postal), Nagpur, State of Maharashtra, sought transfer to the Directorate of Accounts (Posts), Hyderabad. His transfer was considered by reverting the person to a lower post of Junior Accountant with corresponding pay. Accordingly, Sri Bhavanarayana has joined as a Junior Accountant in Directorate of Accounts (Postal), Hyderabad, on 31.07.1990. He was later promoted as Senior Accountant on 01.02.1995. He was granted Second Financial Upgradation under ACP (Assured Career Progression Scheme) on 10.06.2007. The employees working in Directorate of Accounts (Postal), Hyderabad, started claiming that their junior is drawing higher