Central Administrative Tribunal Mumbai Bench, Mumbai Camp at Nagpur Original Application No. 500/2021 Order reserved on: 24.11.2025 Order pronounced on: 28.11.2025 Coram :

Hon’ble Mr. Shri Krishna, Member (A)

Hon’ble Mr. Umesh Gajankush, Member (J)

Pramod Pundlikrao Pimpalkhede, a/o. 50 years Occ: Working as Senior Surveyor in Geological Survey of India, Seminary Hills, Nagpur and R/o. Juni Shukrawari, Kunbipura, Resham Bagh Road, Post Ayodhya Nagar, Nagpur 440024. Mob.: 93724 34767 Email id: pimpalkhede@gmail.com ….Applicant (By Adv: Ms. Rashi Deshpande)

Versus

1) Union of India, through Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Shastri Bhawan Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi

110001.

2) The Director General, Geological Survey of India, Central HQtrs., 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016.

3) The Additional Director General and HOD, Geological Survey of India, Central Region Seminary Hills, Nagpur.

4) The Secretary, Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi .... Respondents (By Adv: Mr. Chintan Deopujari)

ORDER

Per : Umesh Gajankush, Member (J)

The present Original Application has been filed by the applicant seeking therein the following reliefs:

“a) Call for the record and perused the same;

(b) Quash and set-aside the impugned order dated

11/01/2021 being arbitrary, illegal and unsustainable in the eyes of law, thereby not implementing the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission and granting Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- to the post of STA (Survey) after being merged to the post Senior Surveyor;

(c) Direct the respondents to implement the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission and upgrade the GP to Rs. 4600 for Senior Surveyor (erstwhile STA (Survey)} and then place the applicant at appropriate level in the pay matrix;

(d) Further direct the respondents to pay arrears of difference pay-scale and all other consequential monetary benefits attached to the to the G.P 4600/- w.e.f. 01/01/2016 alongwith interest @

12 p.a.;

(e) Grant any other relief which this Hon'ble Tribunal deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may also be granted.”

2. The brief facts of the case as stated by the applicant in the present Original Application are that the applicant was initially appointed on the post of Draftsman vide order dated 09.10.2022 in the pay scale of Rs. 4500-125-7000. Vide order dated 21.08.2006, issued by respondent No. 3, it is informed that the post of Draftsman in the department i.e. Geological Survey of India (GSI), Central Region have merged into the post of Junior Technical Assistant (DO) in the pay scale of Rs. 5000-8000/- w.e.f. 05.08.2005. The Ministry of Mines vide Gazette Notification dated 13.02.2013 and consequent upon notification of New Recruitment Rule, respondent No. 3 vide letter dated 27.09.2013 informed that various post in GSI has been redesignated. Accordingly, in the survey stream, the senior Technical Assistant (Survey) and Junior Technical Assistant (Survey) in pay band-2 in pay scale Rs. 9300-34800/- GP of Rs. 4200/- has been merged and redesignated as Senior Surveyor Gr. B.

3. It is stated that even after the change in nomenclature of posts STA (Survey) to the posts of Senior Surveyor, the recruitment rules for the posts of Sr. Surveyor are same as the of post STA (Survey). However, there is no change in role & responsibility, nature of duties of the applicant. Further, there is no change in even in cadre of the applicant after change of nomenclature of post.

4. Vide office order dated 23.09.2015 issued by respondent No. 3, the applicant was redeployed to the post of Senior Surveyor in the Pay Band-2 in pay-scale of Rs.

9300-34800/- in GP of Rs. 4200 w.e.f. 14.08.2015.

5. It is stated that 7th Pay Commission recommended that the post of STA (Chemistry), STA (Ore Dressing), STA (Mining), STA (Survey), STA (Publication) and STA (Drawing) should be first upgraded to GP 4600 and then place at the appropriate level in the pay matrix. The recommendations o