JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The respondents in O.A.No.973 of 2022 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram, (the ‘Tribunal’ in short) filed this original petition, invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , challenging Ext.P4 order dated 30.01.2025 passed by the Tribunal in that original application.

2. The respondents-applicants in the original application, who are retired Associate Professors and Principal from different Government Law Colleges, filed the original application invoking jurisdiction of the Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act , 1985, challenging Clause 6.1 of Annexure A4 Government notification dated 25.02.2021, according to which the arrears of pension revision for the period from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2019 made notional. The respondents also challenged Annexure A5 circular dated 23.04.2021 issued by the Principal Accountant General (A&E), based on Annexure A4 Government Order, wherein under Clause 8, it is stated that the revision of pension/family pension from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2019 will be notional. Accordingly, the respondents sought a direction a