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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on:26.11.2025

Pronounced on: 24.12.2025

+ W.P.(C) 479/2022

RAMESH CHANDER SHARMA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. S.N. Kaul, Adv.

versus

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS . …..Respondents

Through: Mr.Vikrant N. Goyal, Mr.

Kunal Dixit, Mr. Harsh Kr.

Singh, Mr. Piyush Wadhwa,

Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

J U D G M E N T

MADHU JAIN, J.

1. This petition has been filed challenging the Order dated

04.03.2020 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal,

Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’)

in O.A. No. 2728/2014, titled Ramesh Chander Sharma v. Union of

India & Ors., whereby the learned Tribunal disposed of the said O.A.

filed by the petitioner herein, with the following directions:

“12. We, therefore, partly allow the OA

holding that the applicant is entitled to the

upgradation to the Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- on

completion of four years of service in the

Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/-. However, in view of

the delay in approaching the Tribunal for

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pursuing the claim, we deny him the arrears

and the benefit shall be reflected in the form of

last pay drawn, and thereby the revision of

pension. This exercise shall be completed

within a period of three months from the date

of receipt of copy of this order, and the revised

pensionshall bepaidprospectively.

Thereshall benoorder as tocosts.”

BRIEF FACTS OF THE PRESENT CASE:

2. The petitioner joined the Central Industrial Security Force

(CISF), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on

29.03.1971 as a Steno-Typist. He was subsequently promoted to the

post of Stenographer Grade-II on 31.08.1976, and thereafter to the

post of Senior Personal Assistant (Senior PA) on 28.07.1989, in the

pre-revised pay scale of Rs.2000–3500.

3. Under the 5^th Central Pay Commission (CPC), the petitioner

was drawing the pay scale of Rs.6500–10500 as Senior PA.

4. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) thereafter sanctioned the

upgradation of one post of PS attached to Director General (DG),

CISF, from the pay scale of Rs.6500–10500 to Rs.7500–12000, vide

order dated 21.11.2008, which was implemented in the petitioner’s

case through Notification dated 19.01.2009, granting him upgradation

to the post of PS with effect from 21.11.2008.

5. Pursuant to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)

Office Memorandum dated 11.04.2001, the post of Senior PA held by

the petitioner stood upgraded to the post of Private Secretary (PS).

The said upgradation was formally adopted by the Central Industrial

Security Force (CISF) vide Notification dated 03.06.2010, whereby

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the petitioner was granted the benefit of upgradation with effect from

11.04.2001, replacing the earlier operative date of 21.11.2008.

6. Following the implementation of the 6^th CPC, the petitioner’s

pay was fixed on 20.01.2011 by respondent no. 3 at the Basic Pay of

Rs.19,530/- plus the Grade Pay of Rs. 4,800/- in the upgraded post of

PS. It is the case of the petitioner that such fixation was contrary to the

applicable rules governing revision of pay on completion of four

years’ service in the upgraded post.

7. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner submitted a detailed

representation dated 27.01.2011, seeking, inter alia, (i) placement in

the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.8000–13500 upon completion of four

years of service as PS with effect from 11.04.2005, and; (ii) re-

fixation of his pay under the 6th CPC with effect from 01.01.2006 in

Pay Band-2 (Rs.9300–34800) with Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/-, in terms

of the Ministry of Finance Notification dated 29.08.2008.

8. The petitioner submitted further reminders dated 21.02.2011,

29.02.2012, and 15.07.2013. However, his representations remained

unaddressed.

9. The petitioner superannuated on 31.03.2011. Even thereafter, he

continued to pursue his c