CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Suresh Kumar Batra, Judicial Member, Rashmi Saxena Sahni, Administrative Member
Bhikham Ram – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. parties and applications identified (Para 1) |
| 2. applicants' service history and pay scales (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. applicants claim acp/macp entitlements (Para 4 , 5) |
| 4. respondents deny higher grade pay claims (Para 6 , 7) |
| 5. issue framed: acp vs macp hierarchy (Para 8 , 9) |
| 6. precedents mandate ignoring merged scales (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 7. orders quashed; grant acp/macp benefits (Para 13) |
O R D E R
Per: SURESH KUMAR BATRA MEMBER (J):-
1. In the above captioned 04 Original Applications, the facts, relief claimed and the legal issue involved are similar, therefore, these are being disposed of by a common order, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. The sole controversy herein is with regard to entitlement of applicants for grant of 2nd ACP on completion of their 12 years of service prior to 31.08.2008 when the ACP Scheme dated 09.08.1999 was still in operation, and further 3rd upgradation under MACP on completion of 30 years of service. For the sake of convenience, the pleadings are extracted from O.A. No. 1033/2021, which is treated as the lead case for adjudication of the instant controversy. The relief claimed is as under:-
(i) That the impugned order dated 30.07
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