ORDER

Hon'ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A):

The instant OA has been filed by Ms. Catherine Louis and 38 other similarly placed applicants under section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 , seeking the following reliefs:-

"i) to allow the O.A. of the applicants and direct the Respondents to ante-date the award of promotion under the FCS to the next grade to the Applicants as per their respective eligibility as mentioned above and as on the due dates mentioned above respectively, after considering the period of services rendered by the Applicants with all consequential benefits; and/or

ii) to pass any other and further orders as may be deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. The factual matrix of the case as per the counsel of the applicants is that the applicants who are working as Scientists Grade C in Central Ground Water Board, Department of Water Resources River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (CGWB), New Delhi are aggrieved by