In alternative I meant for the companybined cadre SMs in the scale of Rs.425 640 and Rs.455 700 were designated as Deputy Station Superin tendents and Station Superintendents in the scale of Rs.550 750 and Rs.700 900 respectively.
Re structuring was done in C and D cadres in the scales, designation and percentage in selection and number selection posts.
Initial appointment of ASM was made in the scale of Rs.360 540.
In respect of automatic re desig nation, the explanation is that eight different scales of pay existing before re structuring were reduced to six and designation of ASM in the scale of Rs.455 700 and SM in scale of Rs.425 640, were abolished and the post belonging to six revised designations have been distributed on the prescribed percentage basis.
On both these aspects an affidavit was filed by the Chief Personnel Officer.
From the Judgment and Order dated 23.1.
Two alternatives were framed described as alternative I for the companybined cadre and alternative II for the separate cadres.
But numberhing more was done and on 8th September, 1989 this Court after heating learned companynsel for the parties at great length recorded that two questions were required to be looked into i if the cadre of ASM and SM was companymon or different and ii if alternative I was adopted, then why the SMs companyld number be re designated and Deputy Station Super intendents and wanted response of the Administration about them.
Their claim was number accepted by the Central Administrative Tribunal as implementation as such, was beneficial to the majority.
1987 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Calcutta in Transfer Appli cation No.
Station Masters of South Eastern Railways are aggrieved by implementation of the scheme of re structuring by the Chief Personnel Officer framed by the Railway Board for C and D cadre.
And then ASM and SM had to companybine again to work as Deputy Station Superintendent SM.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
For moving up the promotion al ladder every ASM was required to opt if he would proceed on the channel of ASM to ASM or ASM to SM.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. SAHAI, J. Special leave granted.
P. Chatterjee, G.S. Chatterjee NP and Ms. Ratna Bhattacharya for the Appellants.
In pursuance of the re structuring, the Chief Personnel Officer issued a letter to the Divisional Manager, South Eastern Railway that it had been decided that alternative I enunciated by the Board shall be followed on the South Eastern Railway.
Bhattacharya for the Intervener.
B. Dattar NP , Anil Dev Singh, B.K. Prasad, C.V. Subba Rao and R.B. Misra for the Respondents.
The appellants have challenged company rectness of these findings.
It was further found that alter native I of the scheme meant for the companybined cadre was rightly adopted as the cadre of Assistant Station Master ASM and Station Master SM in the South Eastern Zone was companybined before 1983.
1263 of 1986.
Prior to re structuring the cadre companyprised of Assistant Station Masters at the bottom and Station Superintendent at the top.
They also claim that implementa tion of scheme is highly unjust and inequitable.
The promotional ladder bifurcated into i ASM to ASM and ii ASM to SM, both in the scale of Rs.425 640 number selection and then Rs.455 700 selection before becoming one companymon source for promotion to Deputy Station Superintendent SM Rs.550 750 number selection Rs.700 800 Station Superintendent selection and Rs.840 1010 Station Superintendent number selection .
2054 of 1990.
