diary/dispatch branch of respondent-Institute. It is also the case of petitioner that he had officiated as Section Officer from 20th March, 1996 up to 28th April, 2004 and he was not paid the salary of Section Officer. In this petition, designation and pay scale of Section Officer with effect from 5th March, 1993 is sought under time bound promotion scheme and the arrears accrued are also sought. A direction is also sought to respondent to promote petitioner from Section Officer to Executive Officer with effect from 5th March, 2002 with consequential benefits. To claim the relief as sought in this petition, petitioner’s counsel places reliance upon settlement agreement of 10th January, 1984 ( Annexure A-4 ). Attention of this Court is drawn to office memorandum of 13th March, 1984 ( Annexure A-5 ) to submit that pay scale of UDC was granted to petitioner vide aforesaid office memorandum and again on 8th July, 1986 vide office memorandum ( Annexure A-6 ), pay scale of Assistant was granted to petitioner and so, in light of the settlement agreement ( Annexure A-4 ), petitioner is entitled to the pay scale of Section Officer. Reliance is also placed upon memorandum of settlement of 2nd August, 1988 ( Annexure A-7 ) and another memorandum of settlement of 15th June, 1991 ( Annexure A-8 ) to claim the promotion and the consequential reliefs.
