O R D E R

By virtue of the present OA the applicants are seeking the following relief:

a) Quash the OM Dated 17.02.2020, issued by DoPT, to the extent whereby only those candidates whose final results for recruitment were declared before 01.01.2004, against vacancies occurring on or before 31.12.2003, shall be eligible for coverage under the old pension scheme.

b) Direct the Respondents to extend the benefit of Old Pension Scheme to the Applicants, thereby covering their service within the ambit of All India Service (Provident Fund) Rules, 1955 as well as All India Service (Death- cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, as it stood at the time of issuance of advertisement in the same manner as is being granted to the persons similarly situated as that of the Applicants through a catena of judgments passed by this Ld. Tribunal, Hon'ble High Court of Delhi and affirmed by the Hon'ble Apex Court, from the date of appointment of the Applicants with all consequential benefits.

2. The present list of applicants belong to various All India Services who joined the Government of India in pursuance of the advertisement dated 07.12.2002 issued in the Gazette notification by the Department of Person