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f) The M G Bansal Case(supra) was decided by the CAT by its order dated 2nd June, 1989, where it was held that the quota prescribed in the Rules had broken down and the CAT thus directed the Union of India to follow the principle of continuous officiation to determine the seniority between the DRs & DPs.
g) On 8th November 1989, the Union of India & the DR officers filed two Special Leave petitions (hereinafter referred to as the "SLP") before the Hon'ble Supreme Court against the order of the CAT dated 2nd June 1989. The Hon'ble Supreme Court by its order dated 20th July 1991 held that the CAT had decided the controversy without adverting to the Rules applicable to the service, particularly Note 2 in the Third Schedule & the matter must therefore be decided afresh. The order of the CAT dated 2nd June 1989 was thus set aside and the matter was remitted back to the CAT to rehear the issue in light of the relevant Rules.
i) On 9th February 1994, the official respondents, in compliance of the CAT's order dated 20th November 1992 issued a revised Draft Seniority list of Permanent ACSOs as on 1st October 1977. On 8th June 1994, the Department issued the final seniority list of Permanent ACSOs as on 1st October 1977.
j) The DPs who had been imp leaded in TA No. 356 because of retirement of all the original applicants filed an SLP against the CAT's order dated 20th November 1992, which was dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court by an order dated 20th January 1995 and thus the judgment of the CAT dated 20th November 2002 became final.
(b) The impugned order dated 1st April 2002 challenged in this writ petition, which had interalia held that the seniority between the DRs & DPs regularly appointed within their respective quota should be determined by the length of continuous officiation in Grade of ACSO from their respective appointment to the substantive vacancies under the Third Schedule within their quota is contrary to the CAT's order dated 20th November 1992, in M G Bansal's case. In other words, in case of DP s the length of continuous officiation in the Grade would be reckoned from the date when they are promoted in substantive vacancies in their lawful quota. The relevant portion of the CAT's order dated 20th November 2002 in M. G. Bansal's case reads as follows:

18. We are also of the view that once the Hon'ble Supreme Court dismissed the SLP filed by the DPs against the order of the CAT dated 20th November, 1992 in T.A. No. 356/1985, the said order of the CAT had become final in so far as the issue involved in the present writ petition is concerned. The CAT in its judgment dated 1st April 2002 in O.A. No. 1356/97, by deciding contrary to its earlier order dated 20th November, 1992 has in fact gone against the mandate of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, since the Hon'ble Supreme Court by dismissing the Special Leave Petition filed against the order of the CAT dated 20th November, 1992 had affirmed the same.