ORDER

1. The only question that arises for consideration in this appeal is whether the relief granted by the Central Administrative Tribunal in favour of the respondent is in accordance with the judgment of this Court in Comptroller and Auditor General of India v. K.S. Jagannathan {(1986) 2 SCC 679 at 705-06}. The relevant portion of the judgment reads: (SCC pp. 705-06, para 40)

"For Part II examination of the Subordinate Accounts Service Examination (Ordinary) and all subsequent Part II examinations of the Subordinate Accounts Service Examination (Ordinary) held hereafter until today there will be a relaxation of 25 marks in all for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, that is, this relaxation will cover not only the pass marks to be given in the aggregate but will be inclusive of the pass marks to be given in each individual paper so that the total number of marks covered by such relaxation will not exceed 25. The respondents and all other candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes who will pass the said examinations as a result of the above relaxation are declared to have passed such examinations and to have been promote