JUDGMENT

K. V. JAYAKUMAR, J

This OP(CAT) is directed against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.54/2016 dated 26.11.2019, whereby the claim of the applicant has been allowed. Impugning the said order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Union of India and its officers preferred this OP(CAT).

2. Succinctly, the facts in brief are as follows:

The applicant, Tessy Tom, was working as Stenographer - D in the scale of pay of Rs.4000-6000/- in the Central Secretariat Stenographer Service (CSSS) with effect from 01.07.1991. On completion of 12 years of service, she was granted first financial upgradation under the Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACPS) with effect from 01.07.2003. The above financial upgradation was in the scale of pay of Rs.Rs.5500-9000/- attached to the promotional post of Stenographer - C in CSSS. While so, the applicant was transferred on her own request as Stenographer - III in the pay scale of Rs.4000-6000/- to the office of the Deputy Controller of Defence Accounts (Navy), Kochi. The applicant joined the petitioners’ office on 30.05.2005. The Department in the acceptance issued Annexure-A4 order in this regard.

Annexure-A4 would state that t