CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JABALPUR BENCH JABALPUR this the 24th day of April, 2026 HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AKHIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON’BLE MRS. MALLIKA ARYA, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER Original Application No. 308 of 2026 Giduturi Nagendra Rao and 45 others. ……….Applicants V e r s u s Union of India and others ……..Respondents Advocate for the applicants: Shri Amardeep Gupta Advocate for the respondents: Shri Himanshu Shrivastava O R D E R By Akhil Kumar Srivastava, JM.-

By means of the instant original application filed under section 19 of Administrative Tribunals Act 1985, the applicants have prayed for a direction to the respondents to extend the benefit of G.P. of Rs.5400/- on non-functional basis with effect from the date they completed four years regular service in the grade pay of Rs. 4800/- in pursuance of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Madras High Court affirmed by Hon’ble Supreme Court and followed by this Tribunal in bunch of Original Applications i.e. O.A. No. 24/2015 and other connected matters. Prayer has also been made to grant the benefit of Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- to the retired officers with effect from the date they completed four years of regular