O R D E R In these appeals the only question is whether the appellants motor pump attendants are semi skilled or skilled workers as determined in the Government circular dated May 11, 1983.
In the meanwhile, another Bench of Calcutta Administrative Tribunal in the impugned order, following the Cuttack Bench, upheld the reversion but set aside the order of recovery of arrears.
Shri Nambiar, the learned senior companynsel for the appellants companytended that the appellants having passed the prescribed test became skilled and that, therefore, they were properly fitted into the grade of Rs.260 400 in the year 1984 and their reversion to semi skilled category i.e., Rs.210 290 is illegal.
Consequently, directions were issued to fit them in the semi skilled category and direction to recover the arrears paid during the period of 1984 to 1986 was also given.
As a companysequence of fitment, all the unskilled mazdoors, chowkidars who passed the test, were initially classified into skilled category and later it was discovered that it was a wrong classification.
Accordingly, while upholding the reversion, directed number to recover the arrears.
WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.9313 OF 1995 Gopal Chakraborty Ors.
Thus these appeals by special leave.
When the matter was challenged by way of Special Leave Petition, that was dismissed in limine.
In the Cuttack Bench, the same categories of persons filed O.A. 382/87.
A. No.796/87 was filed before the Administrative Tribunal, Calcutta Bench.
Some of the persons came to challenge these orders before different Benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal.
Union of India Ors.
The Tribunal held that they being unskilled, are to be classified as semi skilled since they had passed the test and the semi skilled is a feeder post to the skilled category, namely, Rs.260 400.
In the first instance, the Bench had held that the reversion was bad and companysequently directed restoration of their category into skilled category.
