(1.) LEAVE granted.
(2.) THESE appeals are directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court dismissing the appeals preferred against the order of a learned Single Judge who allowed the writ petitions filed by the respondents.
(3.) THE respondents were in the pay-scale of Rs.10,000- 15,200, and working as Scientist-C, with effect from 10.3.1994 and were to have been promoted to Scientist -D, after five years in 1999. THE promotions were granted only in March, 2003, with effect from March, 2001. THE delay was attributed by the BIS, to a contemplated change in the Service Regulations. Changes were introduced to the FCS by an Office Memorandum dated 9th November, 1998 which modified the eligibility for benefits of the FCS linked to the Annual Confidential Reports of the person concerned. Regulation 9 was amended by notification dated 3rd May, 2002, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 38 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (in short the "Act") to read as follows: