The same terms and companyditions of their services were companytinued to apply to them as if they were the Central Government employees.
By a judgment and order dated 06.10.2000, the orders of transfer were quashed relying, inter alia, on an earlier decision of the Tribunal in S.P. Kohli v. Union of India and Others.
Parliament enacted the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India Act, 1990 for short, the Act to provide for the establishment of a Broadcasting Corporation for India, to be known as Prasar Bharati, to define its companyposition, functions and powers and to provide for matters companynected therewith or incidental thereto.
432 OF 2007 Arising out of S.L.P. Civil No.15830 of 2003 TO INCLUDE 2005 11 SCC 509 B. SINHA, J Leave granted in the S.L.P. Respondents herein were appointed by the Doordarshan and Akashvani.
The Corporation passed orders of transfer of the operational and administrative staff.
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The legality and or validity of the said orders of transfer were questioned before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh, by the respondents herein on or about 07.09.2000 which was marked as O.A. No.725/PB/2000.
Allegedly, such transfers were made with a view to optimize the use of man power available with the Corporation so that every Station and Kendra became fully functional.
The officers and employees of erstwhile Akashvani and Doordarshan, however, companytinued to work with the Corporation.
They drew their salaries and other remunerations.
