IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Date of Decision : 08.01.2026

Sarup Singh and another ....Petitioners

Versus

Union of India and others

....Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI

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Present: Mr. I.S.Sidhu, Advocate

for the petitioners.

Mr. Vijay Pal, Senior Panel Counsel

for the respondent – UOI.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 24.03.2017 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.4 – Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, the claim raised by the petitioner – retired Superintendent of Post Offices seeking grant of the raised Pay Scale of Rs.7500-12000/- along with the Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- w.e.f. 01.01.1996 has

been rejected.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even if, the aforesaid pay scale was not granted to the petitioners in the year 1996, once the same was claimed in the year 2016, after a period of 20 years, the benefit

should have been granted but the same was declined by the Tribunal.

3. Learned counsel for the respondent – UOI submits that Grade P