ORDER (Oral)

Mr. P.K. Basu, Member (A)

OA 2390/2010 and OA 3974/2010 were heard together as they relate to the same issue.

2. The 24 applicants, who have filed these OAs, are working as Production Assistants in the Office of respondents in the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500. Their common prayer is as follows:

(i) That the Hon’ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to pass an order of quashing the impugned orders dated 17.02.2010 (colly), declaring to the effect that the whole action of the respondents not extending the benefits of the judgment dated 7.05.2002 in OA 1191/2001 and judgment dated 18.01.2008 in OA 1653/2007 to the applicants is illegal, unjust, arbitrary and discriminatory and consequently pass an order directing the respondents to extend the benefit of the judgment dated 7.05.2002 in OA No.1191/2001 to the applicants by way of directing the respondents to fix the pay of the applicants at par with their juniors with all the consequential benefits from retrospective date with the arrears of difference of pay and allowance as granted to the similarly situated persons.

3. By the impugned order, the claim of the applicants for stepping up of pay at par with Ms. Sunita Raju was rej