This OA will be called in the open companyrt on 2 9 1996 to report companypliance.
The order passed by the Tribunal in companynection with these 172 workers read as under In the result, the respondents are directed to treat the employees of the Railway Employees Cooperative Stores of the Southern Railway as regular Railway servants and give them the pay scales that are given for regular Railway servants in companyresponding posts with effect from 1 7 1990.
305 of 1988 which came to be decided by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench on 29 6 1990.
That Office Order which was issued by the Chief Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, Madras, recited as follows Since these applicants employees of the Cooperative Stores have been working in the Stores before 1 7 1990 and thereafter and since the stores may companytinue to function even after giving them the status of Railway servants, it is necessary to maintain that they are all working in the Stores since 1 7 1990 on deputation, in terms of para 2337 of IREM.
The original order of the Tribunal was in favour of 172 workers working in different companyperative stores run under the auspices of the Southern Railway by different companyperative societies spread over three States, namely, States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
It is this order of the Tribunal which has been brought in challenge before us in the present proceedings by grant of special leave.
These appeals are preferred by the appellant Union of India others being aggrieved by the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, Madras dated 4 2 1997 passed in Miscellaneous Applications Nos.
A review petition was also moved against the decision of this Court but the review proceedings have also stood terminated against the appellants.
65 and 66 of 1997 arising out of Contempt Application No.
Thereafter, the Railway authorities passed an Office Order dated 26 7 1996 on the basis of the decision of the Tribunal and as companyfirmed by this Court.
305 of 1988.
8 of 1996 in OA No.
Earlier, these employees through their Union raised a dispute against the Railway authorities in OA No.
This order of the Tribunal was carried in appeal before this Court in CA No.
By companysent of learned companynsel for the parties we have heard these appeals finally.
Leave granted.
2932 of 1991.
A Bench of this Court companysisting of Kuldip Singh and B.L. Hansaria, II, by order dated 7 9 1994 dismissed the appeal and companyfirmed the aforesaid order of the Tribunal.
