O R D E R

Delivered By Hon’ble Mr. Devendra Chaudhry, A.M. :

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2. Shri Jaswant Singh, ld. counsel for the applicant and Shri M.K. Sharma, holding brief of Shri Chakrapani Vatsyayan, ld. counsel for the respondents, both are present in court.

3. This O.A. pertains to grant of non-functional-grade (NFG) to the husband of applicant. The husband of applicant was retired from the post of Superintendent from the Central GST, Commissionerate, Ghaziabad which is a formation of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (earlier Central Board of Excise & Customs) (CBIC for short), under Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is prayed that prior to the implementation of the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission, and formulation of the Revised Pay Rules, 2008, in consequence thereof, the cadre of Inspectors in the CBIC, was in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 and the cadre of Superintendent was in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7500-12000.

That under the recommendations of the 6^th CPC, the erstwhile Annual Career Progression Scheme (ACP) of grantin