The Respondent was companymissioned in the Army on 16.12.1978 and he was allotted to the Corps of Engineers in 1 Page July, 2005.
The Respondent further sought a direction to the Appellants herein to pay the arrears companysequent to re fixation of grade pay at Rs.10,000/ with all benefits along with interest at 18 on such arrears.
The application filed by the Appellants seeking leave to appeal to this Court was dismissed by the Tribunal.
The Respondent was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and was posted as Chief Engineer, Shillong Zone in the Military Engineering Service.
By a judgment dated 13.08.2015, the Tribunal allowed the O.A. filed by the Respondent and granted the relief sought by the Respondent.
Aggrieved by the disparity with regard to grade pay of Brigadier vis vis civilian Chief Engineer in the MES, the Respondent filed O. A. No.155 of 2012 before the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Jaipur and sought a direction to the Appellants that he shall be entitled to the grade pay of Rs.10,000/ at par with his civilian companynterparts.
By relying on the judgment of this Court in Confederation of Ex.
NAGESWARA RAO, J. This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kolkata by which the Appellants were directed to companysider the claim of the Respondent for payment of grade pay of Rs.10,000/ or more, at par with his civilian companynterparts holding the post of Chief Engineer in the Military Engineering Services MES , with all companysequential benefits.
The O.A. filed before the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Jaipur was transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kolkata.
