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Central Administrative Tribunal
Principal Bench
OA No.3341/2013
New Delhi, this the 20th day of December, 2018
Hon’ble Mr. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, Chairman
Hon’ble Mr. K.N. Shrivastava, Member (A)
1.Harvinder Singh,
S/o Sh. Gurnam Singh,
R/o 333 Nimri Colony,
Ashok Vihar, Ph-IV, Delhi-110052
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (PP) in DAVP.
2.Anil Marcus,
S/o Sh. M.N. Elias,
R/o 6B, MSD Flats,
Minto Road Complex,
New Delhi,
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (Prod) in DPD.
3.V. Selva Kumar,
S/o Sh. Vandamalai,
R/o T-482/2E-2,
Baljeet Nagar,
New Delhi-110008
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (Prod) in DPD.
4.D.K.C. Hrudhainath,
S/o Sh. D.K. Raju,
R/o 301, 28th Block,
CPWD Qrts, HSR Layout,
Secor-1, Bangaluru-560102,
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (PP) in DAVP.
5.K. Ramalingam,
S/o late S. Kupu Reddy,
R/o 37/H, Pocket-A/2,
Mayur Vihar-III,
Delhi-110096,
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (Prod) in DPD.
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6.A.K. Sinha,
S/o Late D.P. Sinha,
R/o F-396/A Pratap,
Vihar, Sector-XI,
Ghaziabad
Working as Asstt Prod. Manager (PP) in DAVP.
7.R.K. Mahani,
S/o late O.P. Mahani,
R/o B-8 Guru Nanak Apartment,
West Enclave, Pitampura,
New Delhi-110034,
Working as Technical Asstt in DPD.
8.S. Bhattacharjee,
S/o Late H. K. Bhattacharjee,
R/o C-505 Supertech Rameswar Orchid,
Kaushambi,
Ghaziabad-201010
Working as Technical Asstt in DAVP.
9.S.K. Pandey,
S/o Shri G.B. Pandey,
R/o 4A/1124,
Vasundhara,
Ghaziabad-201010
Working as Technical Asstt in DPD.
10.Vineet K. Mangal,
S/o Late R.K. Mangal,
R/o D-249, Anand Vihar, Delhi-110092
Working as Technical Asstt in DAVP.
11.Vilas J. Pagare,
S/o Late J. Pagare,
R/o B-154, IInd Floor,
Jhilmil Colony,
Delhi-110095
Working as Technical Asstt in DAVP.
12.Ganeshi Lal,
S/o Sh. Ramesh Chand,
R/o 479 Sector-2C,
Vasundhara, Ghaziabad-
Working as Technical Asstt in DPD.
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13.Deepak Kumar,
S/o Sh. R.P. Prajapati,
R/o B-50, F/2, DLF Dishad Extn-II,
Ghaziabad-201005
Working as Technical Asstt in DAVP.
14.Shashi Prakash Singh,
S/o Sh. J. Prasad,
R/o 800 First Floor, Sector 21D,
Housing Board Colony,
Faridabad-121012
Working as Technical Asstt in DPD.
...Applicants
(By Advocate : Shri M.K.Bharadwaj)
Versus
Union of India & Ors through :
1.The Secretary,
Ministry of Information & Braodcasting
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi.
2.The Director General,
Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity (DAVP),
Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003.
3.The Secretary,
Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance,
Govt. of India,
North Block, New Delhi.
...Respondents
(By Advocate : Shri S.M. Arif)
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ORDER (ORAL)
Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, Chairman :-
The applicants herein are the employees of
Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity ( for short,
DAVP), which is under the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting. It is their case that for the post of
Technical Assistant (TA) in the Organisation, the pay
scale determined by the 3rd Pay Commission was Rs.550-
900/- and at that point of time, the pay scale for the post
of Assistant in the Central Secretariat Services (CSS) was
Rs.425-800/-. It is stated that while in the 4th CPC, this
disparity was maintained, the 5th Pay Commission
brought parity between both the posts with the pay scale
of Rs.5500-9000/-. The same parity and equality is said
to have been maintained by the 6th Pay Commission also
with pay scale of Rs.9300-34800/- with the Grade Pay of
Rs.4200/-.
2. The applicants contend that through proceedings
dated 16.11.2009, the Ministry of Finance, Department
of Expenditure has enhanced the Grade Pay for the post
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of Assistant (CSS) from Rs.4200 to Rs.4600, but the
same benefit was not extended to them. Their
Association made a representation in this behalf on
26.07.2010. With this background, the applicants claim
the relief in the form of declarat
