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2. The brief facts of the case are that the applicant joined Railways as a Trainee Electrical Fitter/Train Lighting w.e.f. 11.10.1989. He was absorbed in the Railway as regular Fire Electrical Fitter w.e.f. 11.10.90. He and two others, earlier requested the Respondents in the year 1992 to waive the training period for the purpose of reckoning his regular service but the same was rejected by the Annexure A-5 common letter dated 8.4.1992 stating that he was not a "course not completed Act Apprentices under Apprentices Act 1961" in the same trade and, therefore, he was not eligible for exemption from training and his training period could not be waived off. The other persons applied alongwith him were Shri R Sudarsanan and Shri K M Unny. Later on, on the basis of the letter no,D (S) 443/VII/GS(Pt) dated 5.6.2006 of the Chief Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, Chennai and the earlier instructions contained in Employment Notice No.1/89 dated 14.1.1989 of the Railwasy Recruitment Board, Trivandrum, the Respondents have issued the Annexure A-6 Memorandum dated 26.7.2006 in favour of Shri Sudarsanan curtailing the Training period of one year and advancing his date of appointment from 11.10.1990 to 11.10.1989, i.e. the date from which he was initially appointed as Apprentice Technical II in the Scale of Rs.950-1500 in the Electrical Department, considering his trade certificate in the relevant trade from Non-Railway Establishment equivalent to NCVT. Thereafter, the applicant made the Annexure A-7 representation dated 26.9.2006 alleging discrimination in the matter of waiving the training period and advancing the date of absorption between him and Mr R Sudarsanan. In the said representation, he has pointed out that the Respondents have curtailed the the training period of five candidates who joined with him considering their apprenticeship training in relevant trade prior to joining in Railways and regularly absorbed from their date of joining. He has specifically stated the case of Mr R Sudarsanan, Technician Gr.II/TL/QLN whose training period was curtailed considering his trade certificate in relevant trade equivalent to NCVT and requested the Respondents to consider Electrical Branch HQ's letter No.E-150/A/17/Skilled Artisan dated 28.12.1989 wherein it has been stated that the ITI candidates with Electronics qualification should also be considered while recruiting skilled artisans in Electrical Department.