CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH: NEW DELHI

O.A No. 3807/2015

New Delhi this the 30th day of January, 2017

Hon’ble Mr. V. Ajay Kumar, Member (J)

1. D. R. Davay, S/o. D. B. Davay, Aged 76 years, R/o. A-2, Ivory Appt. 141/3 Purushawakkam, High Road, Kellys Chennai – 600 010.

2. K. Ragunathan, S/o. R. Krishnaswamy, Aged 78 years, R/o. Old No. 20, New No. 12, Velayutha St., Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034.

3. Dr. E. B. Sugavanam, S/o. E. V. Balasubramaniam Aged 79 years, R/o 3B, Neelkant Aptt. 17/1 Lock St. IV Main Road Kottupuram, Chennai-600085.

4. M.N. Ramachandra Rao S/o M. Nanjunda Rao Aged 71 years R/o 273, Sri Krishna 2nd A Main, Girinagar 1st Phase, Bangalore-560085.

5. T.S.S. Murthy S/o T.K. Subbarao, Aged 76 years R/o A-701, Sterlingterraces, BSK 3rd Stage Bangalore-85.

6. B. Gopala Rao S/o B.G. Bhujanga Rao Aged 83 years, R/o 49 1st Main Road, Maruti Extension Srirampuram, Bangalore-560021.

7. C.R. Veera Raghavan S/o C.J. Raja Gopal Aged 84 years, R/o 467/15 Visekam, 13th Cross Wilsaon Garden, Bangalore-560027. 8. C. Kannan S/o C. Chinnaiyyan Aged 80 years, R/o 843, 20th B Main Block Koramangala, Bangalore-560095.

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9. K.P. Gopalakrishnan S/o P. Sankunni Nayar Aged 74 years, R/o 209, Skylark, Topaz Apptt, 5th Main Road, Jagadishnagar, Bangaore -560075.

10. S. Narasimha S/o K. Srinivasaiyangar Aged 70 years R/o 330, 6th Cross, 8th Main Padamanabhanagar Bangalore-560070.

11. T. L. Ramakrishna S/o. T. Lakashmniraraniah, Aged 74 years, R/o. Flat No. 228, Ushas’s Apptt No. 26, 16th Main, Jayanagar, 4th Block, Bangalore – 560 011.

12. T. V. Ramachandran S/o. T. S. Venkataraman, Aged 71 years, R/o. 307, Divyapanchami Appt., 4th Main, Thayappa Garden, Belakhalli, Bangalore – 560076.

13. M. Natarajan S/o. M. Muttuswamy, Aged 78 years, R/o. 127, Block 14, Jeevanmitra Appts, JP Nagar 1st Phase, Bangalore – 78.

14. S. V. Srikantiah S/o. Sampigevenkateshiah, Aged 79 years, R/o. Flat No. 201, Usha’s Appts, 16th Main, 4th T Block, Jaynagar, Bangalore -11.

15. V. Subrahmanyam S/o. V. Rajaiah, Aged 75 years, R/o. 3-M-7, 3rd Main, Srinidhi Layout, Konankunte PO Bangalluru-560062.

16. T. Krishnamacharalu S/o. T. Thirumalacharalu, Aged 70 years, R/o. 48, 1, G Cross, 7th main Road, Opp. Girinagar Police Station, BSK, 3rd Stage, Bangalore-85.

17. G. V. Devapriyan S/o. G. Veeraraghavachar, Aged 76 years, R/o. 9/1, Bulltemplroad A Cross, 6th Main, Chamarajpet, Bangalore – 18.

18. K. Gopinath S/o. K. Ramaswamy, Aged 74 years, 3 O.A 3807/2015

R/o. 1108, 26th B Main, 9th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore – 560 069.

19. L. H. Janardhana Rao S/o. L. K. Naidu, Aged 75 years, R/o. 49/53/8/9, Shesha Apptt, Balajihills, Vishakapatanam – 530 013.

20. R. K. Choudhury S/o. Roshanlal Choudhury, Aged 77 years, R/o. Flat No. T1, Srinilayam Appt, Ex Serviceman Colony, 2nd Main, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bangalore-43.

21. T. A. Thiagarajan S/o. T. V. Aiyaswamy, Aged 78 years, R/o. 48/2, 1st Floor, 3rd Main, Rainbow Drive layout, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore-35.

22. G. Thothathiri S/o. M. Gangadharan, Aged 77 years, R/o. 309, 1st Floor, 4th B Cross, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bangalore-43.

23. E. B. Prasannan S/o. Balasubramaniam, Aged 74 years, R/o. 1449, 40th Street, I Block, 6th Avenue, Annanagar, Chennai – 600 040. 24. Dr. O. N. Bhargava S/o. Bhagwat Narain Bhargava, Aged 77 years, R/o. 103, Sector-7, Panchkula – 134 109.

25. A. Krishnamurthy S/o. A. Koteswar Rao, Aged 76 years, R/o. C/53, Steel & Mines Complex, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad – 500 073.

26. K. D. Viswanatham S/o. K. Appa Rao, Aged 73 years, R/o. Flat No. 201, Vamsirams Annapurna Presidencey, E8-3-318/6/5, Yousufguda Main Road, Hyderabad-500073.

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27. Ajoy Kumar Moitra S/o. Sanjib Kumar Moitra, Aged 71 years, R/o. Flat No. 8, Chalet, 15, Sura Third Lane , -700010.

28. Prabir Kumar Basu S/o. Pulin Behari Basu, Aged 71 years, R/o. 952, Lake Town, Block-A, Kolkata-700089.

29. G.N. Varadan S/o. G.N. Rangasamy Aged 76 years, R/o. Flat No. 12, Rishab Garden, Old No.9/1 (New No.10), Anna Main Road, Kodambakkam Chennai-600024.

30. C.S. Subramanian S/o T.V. Krishna Iyer Aged 76 years, R/o 1st Floor, Old No.37, (New No.84) SMV Koil Street, Triplicane, Chennai-600005.

31. P.K.S. Guha S/o Sarmarendra Nath Guha Aged 77 years, R/o DB-12/124, Sector-1, Salt Lake Kolkata-700064.

32. B.B.K. Sastry S/o B. Dakshinamurthy Aged 81 years, R/o Flat No. D-24, Steel & Mines Complex Srinagar Colony, Hyderbad-500073.

33. Devadas Samaddar S/o Sukhlal Samaddar Aged 77 years, R/o DB-12/123, Salt Lake, Sector-1 Kolkata-700064.

34. K.C. Chengal Raju S/o K. Chengal Raju Aged 83 years, R/o Konduru Towers, 12-2-823/A/79 Santoshnagar, Mehdipatnam Hyderabad-500028.

35. Ranjit Kumar Dutta S/o Chandi Charan Dutta Aged 71 years, R/o 3/B, Ram Narayan Motilal Lane P.O. , Kolkata-700014.

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36. K.R. Ramachandran S/o K. Ramanatha Sastryal Aged 73 years, R/o 111, 7th St. Ramnagar, Mannivakkam Chennai-600048.

37. D.N. Setti S/o D.Y. Setti, Aged 82 years R/o Flat No. 202, Emerald Sri Vensai Housing Complex Kompally, Hyderabad-500100.

38. Manindra Nath Kumar S/o Khagendra Nath Kumar Aged 79 years R/o BF-47, Sector-I, Salt Lake City Kolkata-700064.

39. Ram Pada Maiti S/o Dulal Chandra Maiti, Aged 71 years R/o DB-12, Flat No.122, Sector-1 Salt Lake City, Kolkata, 700064.

40. Madan Lal Jhanwar S/o P.L. Jhanwar Aged 82 years R/o 5A, Indira Nagar, Tonk Road Jaipur-302018.

41. S. Badrinarayanan S/o S. Srinivasan, Aged 75 years R/o 1, Elegant Flats, 61, Gandhi Road Velachery, Chennai-600042.

42. Dr. Benoy Krishna Chakraborti S/o Nepal Chandra Chakrabarti Aged 72 years, R/o 104-C, Nabalia Para Road Barisha, Kolkata-700008.

43. K. Gopalakrishnan S/o G.S. Kuppuswamy Aged 76 years, R/o Harikesa, New 30/6 (Old 41/6) 3rd Main Road, Raja Annamalaipuram Chennai-600028.

44. Ram Kumar Mathur S/o Prabhu Dayal Mathur Aged 76 years, R/o 7/423, Malviya Nagar Jaipur-302117.

45. P. Balakrishnan S/o P. Kunhikanan Aged 71 years, R/o B-4, Dukes Manor Matadakani Road, Urwa Market Mangalore-575006. 6 O.A 3807/2015

46. Sawapan Kumar Sarkar S/o Sunil Chandra Sircar Aged 73 years, R/o 151, Flat No.2, Ground Floor Kolkata-700068.

47. Ruparanjan Bandyopadhyay S/o Kishori Mohan Bandyopadhyay Aged 72 years, R/o 151, Jodhpur Park Flat No.12, Ground Floor, Kolkata-700068.

48. T.M. Ganesan S/o T.S. Muthusawamy Aged 72 years, R/o B-37-B, II Cross Street Extension Ranga Reddy Garden Neelankarai, Chennai-600115.

49. N. Desikan S/o V. Narayanchari Aged 76 years, R/o 305, Libra Madehalli Enclave 1-1-1/8, Golconda Cross Roads Hyderabad-20.

50. A.N. Sarkar S/o Rabindra Nath Sarkar Aged 74 years R/o DB-33/311, Sector-I, Salt Lake Kolkata-700064.

51. Dr. Gurdev Singh S/o S. Subeg Singh Aged 70 years R/o 1323/1, Sector-70 Gur Teg Bahadur Housing Complex Mohali-160071.

52. U.S. Mukhopadhyay S/o P.K. Mukhopadhyay Aged 74 years, R/o 123/1-A, Rai Bahadur Road Kolkata-700034.

53. Dr. Tapas Kumar Mallik S/o Dr. Krishnapada Mallik Aged 73 Years R/o FD-317, Sector-3 Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106.

54. Vinod Kumar Sharma S/o Bishan Chand Sharma Aged 72 years R/o 1403, Sector-49-B, Pushpac Complex Chandigarh-160047.

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55. Sisir Ranjan Das S/o M.N. Das, Aged 79 years R/o Flat No. 101, Block-B, 13 Selimpur Road, Kolkata-700031.

56. Satyendra Nath Chakraborty S/o Satish Chandra Chakraborty Aged 81 years R/o Flat No. 3F, Surya Residency 115, A/1, NSC Bose Road, Kolkata – 700040.

57. D.Subramanian S/o P.S. Duraiswamy Aged 79 years R/o F-4, Paras Apptt., Shanthi Colony 11/77, Jeevarathinam Nagar Adyar, Chennai-20.

58. P. Prakash S/o P. Seshadri Sharma, Aged 71 years R/o Flat No.101, Parimala Residency 61, Womens Co-Op. Housing Society Sri Krishna Nagar, Hyderabad-500045.

59. Cecil Laha S/o Nolin Chandra Laha Aged 77 years R/o Flat No. 8, 323, Jodhpur Park Kolkata-700068.

60. Achintya Kumar Dasgupta S/o Dhirendranath Das Gupta Aged 76 years R/o Jyotsna Appt., Flat GB, Ground Floor Row-I, Nilachal Complex (Ph-II) P.O. , Dist. 24 Paraganas(South) Kolkata-700103.

61. Arup Kumar Mukhopadhyay S/o Dwijendra Nath Mukherjee Aged 70 years, R/o Aru Villa Mahamayapur School Road Garden, Garia Kolkata-700084.

62. Subrata Chakravarti S/o Rabindranath Chakravarti Aged 70 years, R/o C/5, Greenwood, 315-B Upen Banerjee Road Parnasree, Kolkata-700060.

63. Pulak Kumar Raha S/o K.C. Raha, Aged 75 years R/o DB-12/125, Salt Lake City Sector-1, Kolkata-700064.

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64. Sekhar Chandra Ghosh S/o Somesh Chandra Ghosh Aged 75 years R/o Flat No.7, N.E., Green View, 119 Southern Avenue, Kolkata-700029.

65. Purnendu Sen S/o Sachindranath Sen Aged 75 years, R/o Block-C/19, Barabagan, 300 A/1 Vidyasagar Sarani, Kolkata-700063.

66. Saktibrata Chakrabarti S/o P.C. Chakrabarti Aged 72 years, R/o Flat No.A-11, Mount Everest CGHS Plot-17, Sector-9, Dwarka New Delhi-110077.

67. Dr. Priyatosh Majumder S/o Kshirode Chandra Majumder Aged 78 years, R/o Flat No.A1/3/6 CMDA Housing Complex Joba, Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd., 39A, PGMS Road, Kolkata-700095.

68. Somendra Nath Banerjee S/o Kalidas Banerjee Aged 73 years, R/o 22-C, School Row Bhowanipur, Kolkata-700025.

69. Dr. Arindam Gupta S/o Kshishchandra Gupta Aged 71 years, R/o UPL090102, Flat No.102 Nabami, Upohar Luxury Housing Complex 2052, Kolkata-700094.

70. Dr. Durga Kanta Roy S/o Shyama Kanta Roy Aged 74 years, R/o Narcissus 19, Raynagar Park, Kolkata-700070.

71. M. Shanmugam S/o A. Mari, Aged 72 years R/o Plot No.175, 6th Street, Kumaran Colony Vadapalani, Chennai-600026.

72. K. S. Krishna Murty S/o. K. R. Sreenivasan, Aged 76 years, R/o. 928, 22nd Main Road, IV, 7th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore- 560 041.

73. Protap Chakravarti S/o. Probhat Kumar Chakravari, Aged 74 years, 9 O.A 3807/2015

R/o. 26, Townsend Road, Kolkata – 700 025.

74. Dilip Chandra Das Sarma, S/o. Hemchandra Das Sarma, Aged 75 years, R/o. Lila, 5/91, Netaji Nagar, Kolkata – 700 068.

75. Partha Tanay Sinha Roy S/o. Arun Kumar Sinha Roy, Aged 74 years, R/o. 398, Jodhpur Park, Flat No. 11, Kolkata – 700 068.

76. M. R. Madhava Rao S/o. M. Dattatrayulu, Aged 72 years, R/o. Flat No. 11031, Block-1, Janapriya, Utopia, Hyderguda, Hyderabad – 500 048.

77. U. S. Reddy, S/o. U. Krishna Reddy Aged 75 years, R/o. 364, 6th Main, 1st Block, Koramangala, Bangalore-560 034.

78. Smt. Mitra Banerjee W/o. Late Amal Kumar Banerjee, Aged 74 years, R/o. 323, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata – 700 068.

79. Kunal Krishna Chakravorty S/o. D. N. Chakravorty, Aged 75 years, R/o. FD-219/4, Salt Lake, Sec-III, Kolkata – 700 106.

80. Prem Kumar Sinha S/o. Mangala Charan, Aged 73 years, R/o. Kamala Kutir, A-7, indrapuri Path, Saristabad, Patna-800 001.

81. Mrs. Shakuntala Srinivasan W/o. P. B. Srinivasan, Aged 82 years, R/o. Old No. 38, New No. 19/2, Second Avenue, Indira Nagar, Chennai – 600 020.

82. Beta Ramalingeswar Rao S/o. Beta Rama Murty, Aged 70 years, 10 O.A 3807/2015

R/o. 49-53-8/5, Sneha Apatt., Balayya Sastry Layout, Visakhapatnam-530 013.

83. T. Sreenivasa Rao S/o. Venkata Subbaiah, Aged 70 years, R/o. B-1203, Meenakshi Trident Towers, Opp. Ramky Towers, Gachchibowli, Hyderabad – 500 032...... Applicants

(By Advocate : Mr. G. Natarajan)

Versus

1. Secretary, Govt. of , Ministry of Mines, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 001.

2. The Director General Geological Survey of India 27, J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata – 800 016 (WB)

3. Union of India through the Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110 003.

4. The Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi – 110 001. ....Respondents

(By Advocate : Mr. Avtar Singh Chauhan)

O R D E R (O R A L)

By : V. Ajay Kumar, Member (J)

Heard both sides. 11 O.A 3807/2015

2. The applicants, all retired from service prior to 01.01.2006 in

S-24 scale of pay filed the O.A seeking the following reliefs :-

“(i) Call for the records of the case

(ii) Direct the Respondent to apply the ratio of All India S-30 Pensioners Association Vs. UOI in OA No. 937 of 2010 with OA No. 2101 if 2010 delivered on 20.11.2014 and in the RA/10/2015 in OA No. 937 of 2010 dated 24.09.2015. (iii) Direct the Respondents to fix the pension of each of the Applicants at Rs. 37850/- thus extending the benefits of Full parity as has been granted in the case of S-30 Association by CAT (PB), New Delhi; and / or

(iv) Direct the Respondents to grant higher NFU in SAG to the Applicants as permissible and revise their pension accordingly.

(v) Direct the Respondents to grant Notional Promotion to the post of DDG in the Grade Pay of Rs.10000/- with retrospective effect and fix their pension accordingly.

(vi) Grant Notional promotion after 13 years of Group “A” service and notional increments thereafter till retirement and to arrive at the notional pay with those increments w.e.f. 01.01.2006, and to fix consequent pension and pensionary benefits accordingly.

Grant any other relief which the Hon’ble Tribunal may deem appropriate for the benefit of the Applicants.”

3. When this matter is taken up for hearing today, it is noticed that the applicants have not made any specific representation either individually or through any Association ventilating their exact grievances to the respondents before filing the O.A.

4. In the circumstances, the O.A is disposed of without going into the merits of the case by permitting the applicants to make a proper and specific representation ventilating their grievances, by enclosing the copy of the judgment in All India S-30 Pensioners

Association Vs. Union of India in O.A No. 937 of 2010 with O.A. No.

2101 of 2010 dated 20.11.2014, on which they are placing reliance for claiming parity, to the respondents, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of such 12 O.A 3807/2015 representations from the applicants, the respondents shall consider the same and pass an appropriate speaking and reasoned order thereon, in accordance with law within a period of 90 days therefrom.

No costs.

(V. Ajay Kumar) Member (J)

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