Union Of India & Anr vs S.D. Bandhopadhyay & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the pay scales of Draughtsmen in Ordnance Factories should be revised in accordance with the office memorandum dated 13.3.1984, which extended the revised pay scales based on the Board of Arbitration's award for CPWD Draughtsmen. The Court emphasized that the equivalence in recruitment qualifications and job content between Ordnance Factory Draughtsmen and CPWD Draughtsmen warranted the application of the revised scales. The Court upheld the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal, thereby ensuring the Draughtsmen in Ordnance Factories receive the same pay scales as their counterparts in CPWD, effective from the specified dates in the memorandum.