CENTRALADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL HYDERABAD BENCH HYDERABAD, this the 4th day of April, 2025 Hon’ble Dr. Lata Baswaraj Patne, Judicial Member Hon’ble Ms. Shalini Misra, Administrative Member Shaik. Amanullah, S/o. Abdul Rauff, Aged about 35 years, Occ: Office Superintendent, O/o the Income Tax Officer Ward-I, Narasaraopet, R/o.Door No. 12-950, 6th. Lane, Maddinagar, Chilakaluripeta, Palnadu District. A.P.522 616.

.....Applicant.

(By Advocate: Mr. N V Subbarayudu)

Vs.

1. Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Government of India. New Delhi. 110 001.

2. The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income tax A.P. & Telangana, IT Towers, AC Guards, Hyderabad 500 004. Telangana.

3. Pavuluri Rami Reddy.

Office Superintendent, O/o the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Range-2, Guntur. Standard House, IIIrd. Floor, Near SBI, Main Branch, Nagarampalem Guntur 522 004. A.P.

... Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. P Krishna, Sr. PC for CG)

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By this Original Application, the applicant is seeking the following relief:

“This Hon'ble Tribunal may be pleased to call for the records and declare that the action of the Respondents in not considering the request of the Applicant for grant of pay anomaly- stepping up of pay on par with the pay of his junior Sri. Pavuluri Rami Reddy is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional, violating the Provisions of Article 14 &16 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the Respondents to grant the benefits of stepping up of pay on par with pay of his junior along with all consequential benefits from the date of granting two advance increments to his junior along with the arrears and allow the applicant to draw his another two advance increments for passing the departmental examination for promotion to Income Tax Officer after stepping up his pay on par with his junior in Sr. T.A. cadre i.e. after 26.11.2018 and pass any other Order or Orders as is deemed fit proper, necessary in the circumstances of the case.”

2. The brief facts of the case are that the Applicant was initially appointed as Tax Assistant on 27.11.2015 in the Department of Revenue (Income Tax department), Ministry of Finance, Government of India and was posted in the Office of the Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Range-2, Guntur. The Applicant passed Departmental Examination for Ministerial Staff conducted by the Income Tax Department in the year 2016 for promotion as Senior Tax Assistant (Sr. TA) and later qualified again in the Departmental Examination for Inspector of Income Tax in the year 2017. As per the rules in vogue, if a Tax Assistant passes Income Tax Inspector Examination, he/she is eligible for two advance increments. Accordingly, on passing the said Examination in the year 2017, the Applicant availed the same and his new Pay was fixed at Rs. 33,400/- (in level 4, Index 10) from Rs.29,600/- (level 4, Index 6) with effect from 05.12.2017. The Applicant subsequently got promoted as Senior Tax assistant with effect from 16.05.2018 and after availing promotional increment, the Applicant's pay was fixed at Rs. 35,400/- (level 6, Index 1). Thereby the benefit of Applicant's Advance Increment granted while he was working as Tax Assistant was subsumed in the Basic Pay of Senior Assistant cadre and the Applicant's Pay was Digitaly signed by KARAN DN: C=IN, O=CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, OU= Page 2 of 3 DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TR