VASUDEV Vs. UOI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners are directly recruited Engineers in the Central Public Works Department (hereinafter referred to as the 'CPWD '). They were appointed as direct recruits to the post of Assistant Engineer and earned promotion to the post of Executive Engineer in due course of time. The next promotional post as per the notified Recruitment Rules was that of Superintending Engineer.

(2.) PRIOR to the implementation of the recommendation of the 5th Central Pay Commission Executive Engineers were placed in the pay-scale Rs.3000-4500 and Superintending Engineers were placed in the pay-scale Rs.3700-5000.

(3.) THE recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission being accepted and implemented with respect to the replacement pay-scales of various posts under the Central Government, on September 30, 1997, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, notified the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1997 to implement the pay-scales recommended by the