That being the law declared by this Court, the Tribunal erred in number quashing the impugned order dated 20 2 1990.
Consequent to that, the 2nd respondent also directed recovery of the excess amount paid from 1 1 1986 to 6 6 1988.
The 2nd respondent Director on receipt of the policy decision of the Union of India by another OM dated 20 2 1990 modified his earlier OM dated 15 4 1988 and held that the casual employees should be paid the minimum of the pay scale of a regular employee only from 7 6 1988.
Subsequently, the Union Government by an order dated 7 6 1988 reviewed the policy of recruitment of casual workers and persons on daily wages and fixed the daily wages of the casual workers at the rate of l/30th of the minimum of relevant pay scale plus appropriate DA.
Even though numberice was issued to the Union of India, numberody entered appearance to companytest the case.
Aggrieved by that, the appellants moved the Tribunal for quashing the order of the first respondent dated 20 2 1990.
Aggrieved by that, the present appeal is preferred.
On that ground, the Tribunal declined to interfere with the order passed by the first respondent on 20 2 1990.
175 of 1990 dated 22 2 1993.
They were paid number even the minimum of the pay scales prescribed by the Government for a regular employee.
The appellants were working as casual workers companytinuously for more than 15 years under the first respondent.
This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, in OA No.
Learned companynsel for the appellants, placing reliance on the judgment of this Court in Surinder Singh Supra companytended that the Tribunal was number right in declining to interfere with the modified order of the 2nd respondent directing the wages to be paid to the appellants only from 7 6 1988 and further directing recovery of difference of wages paid from 1 1 1986 to 6 6 1988.
After the judgment of this Court in Surinder Singh v. Engineer in Chief, CPWD, the 2nd respondent in his office memorandum dated 15 4 1988 passed an order giving the appellants the wages of regularly employed workers in the companyresponding cadre without any increment from 1 1 1986.
