Reserved on 22.04.2026 Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench Allahabad ****

Original Application No.529/2015 This is the 18^th Day of May, 2026 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Joshi, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Anjani Nandan Sharan, Member (A)

1. A.K.Khare Retired Sr.A.O., O/o AG (C&R) Audit UP Allahabad R/o 48/18 A, Moti Lal Nehru Marg, Allahabad.

2. Ramesh Kumar Mahajan Retired Sr.A.O O/o PAG(Civil Audit)

r/o L/S Punjabi Colony, Allahabad.

3. Anis Ahmad Siddiqui, Retired Sr.A.O (Civil Audit) 1 A.G.UP Allahabad r/o D-101 G.T.B Nagar'

Kareli Allahabad.

4. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Sr.A.O O/o (C and RA)

A.G UP Allahabad r/o 195/20 Rajrooppur Allahabad

5. Ram Prasad Pandey Retired Sr.A.O (C & RA) A.G. UP Allahabad resident of 213/172A/16 Kasari Masari Allahabad.

6. Hridaya Narain Singh Retired Sr. A.O O/o P.AG(Civil)

UP Allahabad resident of 5/1 Shiv Nagar Colony, Allahpur Allahabad.

7. Harish Chandra Singh Retired Sr. A.O O/o AG(CRA) UP Alld resident of 104A/2 Himmatganj Prem Nagar, Allahabad.

8. S.N.Pandey Retired A.O O/o C&RA AG UP Allahabad resident of C-3 ADA Colony New Jhunsi Allahabad.

9. Kalyan Ji Goswami, Sr.A.O (retired) AG (C&RA)UP Allahabad resident of 959 Sheo Puri Marg Allahapur Allahabad.

10. Prem Prakash Pandey, Retired A.A.O O/o PAG (Civil Audit) AG UP Allahabad r/o 727/25 old Sohbatiya Bagh, Allahabad.

………….Applicants By Advocate: Shri Amit Kumar Prasad Versus

1. Union of India, through the Secretary Finance, Government of India, New Delhi-110001.

2. The Comptroller & Audit General of India, Government of India, New Delhi.

3. The Principal Accountant General of U.P., Civil Audit, Allahabad.

. . . . . . . . . . Respondents By Advocate: Shri Rakesh Kumar Srivastava

O R D E R

Delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Anjani Nandan Sharan, Member (A)

Heard Shri Amit Kumar Prasad, learned counsel for the applicants and Shri Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The applicants have filed this Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking following main relief(s):-

“(i) The Hon'ble Tribunal may further be pleased to issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to provide the monetary benefit of revised pay scale since 1.1.96 upto 18.02.2003 as earlier provided to the Accounts Establishment of Railway Employee with interest @ 12 per annum forthwith pursuant to the order dated 9.4.2010 of Hon'ble Patna High Court and Order dated 7.7.2014 of Hon'ble Apex Court.

(ii) Any other writ order or direction which this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case may also kindly be issued in the interest of justice.

(iii) Cost of the application may also be awarded.”

3. The brief facts of the case, as reflected in the Original Application, are that the applicant nos.1 to 10 retired between 31.08.2009 to 30.04.2013 as Senior Audit/ Senior Accounts Officers but were denied actual monetary benefits of pay upgradation granted after the 5th Pay Commission, which affected their retirement benefits. Though the Government upgraded pay scales w.e.f. 01.01.1996, it allowed only notional fixation till 18.02.2003, while similarly placed Railway Accounts employees were granted actual arrears. The applicants of O.A. No. 925 of 2003 approached Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna by filing in the case of Sudama Singh & others Vs U.O.I & others which was rejected on 30.06.2005. Railway Account Employees similarly placed as the applicants challenged the orders of Tribunal through Writ case no.11452 of 2005 (Sudama Singh & others Vs U.O.I & others). The Hon'ble High Court of Patna set aside the order dated 30.06.2005 passed in O.A. No.925 of 2003. Against which a review application No.233 of 2010 was filed, which was rejected vide order dated 03.04.2013. Against the orders dated 9.4.2010 and 3.4.2014, the Union of India filed a S.L.P (Civil) No.1587-1588/2014 before Hon'ble Supreme Court of India which was dismissed vide order dated 7.7.2014 and the judgment