UOI vs INDU LAL

The Supreme Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision that Law Assistants and Chief Law Assistants are entitled to be designated as Presenting Officers under Section 19(2) of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987. The Court emphasized that the fixation of pay scales is primarily the responsibility of the executive and should not be interfered with unless there is clear evidence of identical work or hostile discrimination. The Court affirmed the Tribunal's directives for the respondents to constitute a committee to address the designation, pay scale, and promotion avenues for the applicants, effective from the date of filing of the original application.