Later on, by the O.M. dated 31.3.1992, this benefit was extended numberionally with effect from 1.1.1986.
As per the Government O.M. dt.
22.10.90 this benefit was given to the technicians and was prospective in operation.
2000 2 SCR 495 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Delay companydoned.
1981/1994 1981 82 of 1994.
The judgment therein was delivered on 22.1.1996 and in that judgment the view taken by the Bangalore Bench of the Tribunal was overruled and the view taken by the Madras Bench of the Tribunal was upheld.
Leave granted in S.L.P. C 346/99.
It appears that the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench had taken an opposite view and this led to a Reference to a Full Bench of the same Tribunal, at Madras in O.A. Nos.
156 of 1992 on 26th March, 1993, taking the same view.
It was to be granted only from 1.1.1990.
The Tribunal had held that Technicians appointed prior to 1.1.1986 would also be entitled to the benefits of the orders passed in terms of the O.M. dated 22.10.1990, as modified in the subsequent orders dated 31.3.1992.
This was on the ground that fixation of the date of increment, i.e. 1.1.86 was discriminatory.
4247 49/1988, which are the appeals against the Judgment dated 8th March, 1995, of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench, in O.A. Nos.
For the sake of companyvenience We shall take up Civil Appeal Nos.
The result was that those technicians who were appointed prior to 1.1.1986 did number get the benefit of these two O.Ms, issued by the Government.
When they approached the Central Admin istrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench, the said Tribunal in its two judgments, one of 1993 and the other of 1995 above mentioned, came to the companyclusion that those technicians appointed prior to 1.1.1986 would also get the benefit of these two O.Ms.
In essence, the Tribunal held that for purpose of drawing increments, the Technicians whose period of training was one year, should be on par with the number technical persons, whose training period was only three months, so that both the technicians and number technicians would be drawing the same increment at the same intervals, if they were appointed on the same date.
In these batch of appeals, the Union of India and the companycerned Department are the appellants.
Earlier to this, the said Tribunal rendered a Judgment in O.A. No.
1295/94 and 79/95.
