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5. Thereafter, DESU was converted to Delhi Vidyut Board (hereinafter "DVB"), by the Government of NTC Delhi. Consequently, DVB was unbundled into 6 legal entities w.e.f., 1st July 2002, whereby Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) was established for generation of electricity, BSES Rajdhani and Yamuna Power Limited were established for distribution alongwith NDPL (renamed as TPDDL), Delhi Transco Limited was established for transmission of electricity and Delhi Power Limited was established as the holding company.

6. Further, vide Office Order No. F.5(11)/A & G/PRC/217 dated 23rd July 1997, the DVB introduced the scheme for TBPS, the operative portion of the Office Order has been reproduced herein:

"(i) AII the employees/officers of Delhi Vidyut Board shall be entitled for the first time bound promotional scale on completion of ten years of regular service, be he a subordinate/ministerial staff member, or a group 'A' office.

9. Before the commencement of the unbundling process, a tripartite agreement dated 28th October 2000, was executed among the Government of NCT Delhi, DVB and the Joint Action Committee of Workers. The same was done to ease the apprehension of the employees of the DVB that their service conditions would not be adversely affected. The relevant portion of the said agreement has been reproduced herein:

42. In view of the foregoing submissions, it is submitted that the order dated 22nd February 2023, suffers from no illegality, therefore, warrants no interference from this Court, thereby, is liable to be dismissed.

ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

43. Heard the parties and perused the material on record.

44. The petitioners were appointed at the post of "Inspector" in the erstwhile DESU. DESU later became DVB and further, underwent restructuring into various entities. Subsequently, a committee by the name of Justice J.D. Jain Committee was formed with the aim to address the pay revision of DVB employees. Following the recommendations of this committee, DVB implemented the TBPS through an order dated 23rdJuly 1997. Under the said scheme, DVB employees became eligible for the first TBPS on completion of 10 years of service and the second TBPS on completion of 8 years of subsequent service i.e., 18 years in all from the date of induction.