Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, it may be stated here, as noted above, the judgment of the Tribunal has been upheld by this court in a writ petition filed by the respondents herein. In other words, the judgment of the Tribunal has to be implemented in the manner directed by the Tribunal. The thrust of the argument of Ms. Mainee is that the DOP&T instructions dated May 29, 2015 and judgment of this court dated March 14, 2008 in Union of India v. G.D. Goel allows payment of arrears of salary on promotion. Suffice to state, the present petition being a contempt petition, the only aspect that needs to be seen is, what are the directions in the order of which violation is alleged. I have already reproduced Para 16 of the order of the Tribunal encompassing the directions. In Para 16 (ii), the Tribunal refers to the words “arrears of pay”. The said words are qualified by the words “wherever applicable”. At the same time Para 16 (iv) makes it specifically clear that promotions, whether past or future, shall be only on notional basis. The submission advanced by Mr. Rajeev Sharma is appealing. In any case, if the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioners are to be accepted and petitioners are paid arrears, then the directions in Para 16(iv) would lose its relevance. The action of the respondents fixing the pay of the petitioners on notional basis cannot be faulted. Further to initiate any action under the Contempt of
