S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos. 14918-14919/2016

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-11-2015 in WPC No. 4589/2015 13-11-2015 in WPC No. 5569/2015 passed by the Gauhati High Court)

THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SHRI ASHIM KUMAR BISWAS AND ORS. ETC. ETC & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

babita pandey

SLP(C) No. 15531-15532/2016 (XII) (IA No.62383/2017-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ONly SLP NO. 21803 of 2014 to be listed before chamber Judge IA No. 62383/2017 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

• SLP(C) No. 8557-8576/2017 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 34998/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34997/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34996/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 16765-16766/2018 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 20058-20102/2016 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 27058-27070/2016 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 32992/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 35000/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 33259/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34999/2016 (XV) Digitally signed by Signature Not Verified
• SLP(C) No. 35001/2016 (XV) Date: 2024.07.30 17:20:25 IST Reason:
  • SLP(C) No. 35004/2016 (XV)
  • SLP(C) No. 33512/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 35002/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 20069-20071/2017 (IV-A)

SLP(C) No. 1791/2019 (IV-C)

Diary No(s). 43456/2018 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.182051/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 4406-4436/2019 (IV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.20170/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 8678/2019 (XIV)

Diary No(s). 46096/2019 (XVI) (IA No. 20429/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 20430/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS)

SLP(C) No. 16839-16873/2017 (IV-A) (IA No. 127121/2018 - APPLICATION FOR TRANSPOSITION)

SLP(C) No. 36448/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 21875/2017 (IV-A)

SLP(C) No. 2163-2165/2018 (XI-A)

SLP(C) No. 36450/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 37709/2016 (XV)

Diary No(s). 45609/2019 (XVI)

IA No. 5264/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Date : 25-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Mr. Vikramjit Banerji, A.S.G.(N/P) Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G.(N/P) Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.(N/P) Mrs. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Mr. R Bala, Adv. Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Divyam Dhyani, Adv. Ms. Reshmi Rea Sinha, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury, Adv. Ms. Mansi Mehta, Adv. Mr. Mayank Yadav, Adv. Mr. P S Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Anwesha Saha, Adv. Mr. Salim Ansari, Adv. Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aishwarya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dashrath Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhananjai Shekhwat, Adv. Ms. Anjali Sexena, Adv. Mr. Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Yatendra Sharma, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, AOR

Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR

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Mr. G. Umapathy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suvin Kumaran, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Bitty Sudheer, Adv. Ms. Akshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Chaahat Khanna, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. R Bala, Sr. Adv.(N/P) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. M. B. Rama Subba Raju, Adv. Mr. E. P. Gopinathan, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. P.A. Kulkarni, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Ms. Punam Kumari, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Ms. Niveditha R. menon, Adv. Mr. Pranav Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv. Mr. Tarun Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

<span id="page-3-0"></span>These special leave petitions require an answer to the third question noticed in paragraph '3' of the judgment in "Union of India v. M. V. Mohanan Nair"1, which reads as under: -

"Whether the respondents are entitled to stepping up of their grade pay to be on a par with grade pay of their juniors who were getting the higher grade pay on account of implementation of MACP Scheme?"

Learned counsel for the parties will file written submissions on the said question not exceeding two pages.

The written submissions will be filed through the Nodal Counsel, namely, Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (e-mail – [email protected] and [email protected]), Mobile No.9910809384), and Ms. Vaishali Verma (email[email protected]). The said written submissions will be filed within a period of three weeks from today.

The Union of India and the employees/officers shall also file separate lists of dates and events, not exceeding two pages in each of the matters, within a period of three weeks from today through the Nodal Counsel.

The intervenors, even in cases where applications are not allowed, can file the written submissions and lists of dates and events through the Nodal Counsel.

We clarify that the parties who do not file the written submissions and lists of dates and events will not be heard.

List the matters after four weeks.

(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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ITEM NO.102 COURT NO.2 SECTION XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos. 14918-14919/2016

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-11-2015 in WPC No. 4589/2015 13-11-2015 in WPC No. 5569/2015 passed by the Gauhati High Court)

THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SHRI ASHIM KUMAR BISWAS AND ORS. ETC. ETC & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 15531-15532/2016 (XII) (IA No.62383/2017-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ONly SLP NO. 21803 of 2014 to be listed before chamber Judge IA No. 62383/2017 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

• SLP(C) No. 8557-8576/2017 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 34998/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34997/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34996/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 16765-16766/2018 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 20058-20102/2016 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 27058-27070/2016 (IV-A)
• SLP(C) No. 32992/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 35000/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 33259/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 34999/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 35001/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 35004/2016 (XV)
• SLP(C) No. 33512/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 35002/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 20069-20071/2017 (IV-A)

SLP(C) No. 1791/2019 (IV-C)

Diary No(s). 43456/2018 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.182051/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 4406-4436/2019 (IV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.20170/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

SLP(C) No. 8678/2019 (XIV)

Diary No(s). 46096/2019 (XVI) (IA No. 20429/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 20430/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS)

SLP(C) No. 16839-16873/2017 (IV-A) (IA No. 127121/2018 - APPLICATION FOR TRANSPOSITION)

SLP(C) No. 36448/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 21875/2017 (IV-A)

SLP(C) No. 2163-2165/2018 (XI-A)

SLP(C) No. 36450/2016 (XV)

SLP(C) No. 37709/2016 (XV)

Diary No(s). 45609/2019 (XVI)

IA No. 5264/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Date : 25-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Mr. Vikramjit Banerji, A.S.G.(N/P) Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv.

Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G.(N/P) Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.(N/P) Mrs. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Mr. R Bala, Adv. Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Divyam Dhyani, Adv. Ms. Reshmi Rea Sinha, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury, Adv. Ms. Mansi Mehta, Adv. Mr. Mayank Yadav, Adv. Mr. P S Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Ms. Anwesha Saha, Adv. Mr. Salim Ansari, Adv. Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aishwarya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dashrath Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhananjai Shekhwat, Adv. Ms. Anjali Sexena, Adv. Mr. Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Yatendra Sharma, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, AOR Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR

Mr. G. Umapathy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suvin Kumaran, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Bitty Sudheer, Adv. Ms. Akshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Chaahat Khanna, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. R Bala, Sr. Adv.(N/P) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. M. B. Rama Subba Raju, Adv. Mr. E. P. Gopinathan, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. P.A. Kulkarni, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Ms. Punam Kumari, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Ms. Niveditha R. menon, Adv. Mr. Pranav Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv. Mr. Tarun Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

These special leave petitions require an answer to the third question noticed in paragraph '3' of the judgment in "Union of India v. M. V. Mohanan Nair"2, which reads as under: -

<span id="page-8-0"></span>"Whether the respondents are entitled to

stepping up of their grade pay to be on a par with grade pay of their juniors who were getting the higher grade pay on account of implementation of MACP Scheme?"

Learned counsel for the parties will file written submissions on the said question not exceeding two pages.

The written submissions will be filed through the Nodal Counsel, namely, Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (e-mail – [email protected], Mobile No.9910809384), and Ms. Vaishali Verma (email- [email protected]). The said written submissions will be filed within a period of three weeks from today.

The Union of India and the employees/officers shall also file separate lists of dates and events, not exceeding two pages in each of the matters, within a period of three weeks from today through the Nodal Counsel.

The intervenors, even in cases where applications are not allowed, can file the written submissions and lists of dates and events through the Nodal Counsel.

We clarify that the parties who do not file the written submissions and lists of dates and events will not be heard.

List the matters after four weeks.

(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR