ORAL ORDER

(As per Hon’ble Dr. Lata Baswaraj Patne, Judicial Member)

Heard Mr. M Bhaskar, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. M Mohan Rao, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. By this Original Application the applicants are seeking the following relief(s):

“this Hon’ble Tribunal may direct that the Orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in respect of the notional increment from 1^st July of the same year wherein the Applicants retired on 30^th June of the same year the Law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and is binding on all Courts in accordance with Article 141 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the applicants are entitled to the benefit of one notional increment which falls due on 1^st July of their year of retirement within a period of three months with all consequential benefits.”

3. When the matter is taken up for consideration, the learned counsel for applicants submits that, as per the relief prayed for by the applicants, the issue is no more res-integra and is fully covered by the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Director, KPTCL & others vs. C. P. Mundinamani & others. The learned counsel for the applicants further relied upon the order passed