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2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 3023

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
K. Haripal, Judicial Member, Braj Mohan Agrawal, Administrative Member
K.Sathyanarayanan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. V.V.Suresh
For the Respondents: Mr.K.C.Muraleedharan, ACGSC for R1, Mr.Pradeep Krishna, SC for R2 to R4

Table of Content
1. applicants' service history and pay fixation anomaly on bsnl absorption. (Para 1 , 2 , 11)
2. precedent tribunal/high court orders upholding pay step-ups. (Para 3 , 12 , 13)
3. applicants' claim: continuing pay wrong overrides limitation. (Para 4 , 5 , 14 , 15)
4. respondents' defenses: delay, no anomaly, rejected by evidence. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 16 , 17 , 18)
5. anomaly confirmed; notional step-up with limited arrears. (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)

ORDER

Justice K.Haripal, Judicial Member

Applicants are Telecom Mechanics in the BSNL. They had commenced service as casual labourers during 1983-84 in the Department of Telecom. Later, they became Linemen and then were promoted as Telecom Mechanics on various dates prior to the formation of the BSNL from 01.10.2000. They are aggrieved by the non-consideration of their requests for upgrading their pay vis-a-vis 'their junior, K.Sukumaran, who started to draw higher pay by virtue of pay fixation granted on point to point basis on the IDA pay scale and due to the pay revision and non-executive promotion policy and due to the fixation given under FR 22 (1)(a)(i) after fixation of pay in the IDA pay scale'. Thus they seek a direction t

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