Rules, Rights & Rites -148
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Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chennai Bench, regarding the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme for postal employees.
• The applicant challenged the denial of the 3rd financial upgradation under the MACP Scheme after completing 30 years of service.
• The dispute centered on whether promotions/upgradations earned prior to the introduction of the MACP Scheme (specifically under the older TBOP/BCR schemes) should be offset against the three benefits allowed under MACP.
• The Tribunal emphasized that the MACP Scheme, introduced on 01.09.2008, provides for three financial upgradations at intervals of 10, 20, and 30 years of continuous service.
• The CAT ruled that if an employee was granted a higher pay scale under the previous Time Bound One Promotion (TBOP) or Biennial Cadre Review (BCR) schemes, those should be treated as equivalent to MACP upgradations.
• The decision clarified that upgradation under MACP should be in the immediate next higher Grade Pay in the hierarchy of the recommended revised pay bands.
• The Tribunal relied on earlier decisions by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and various High Courts which established that financial upgradation is a matter of right for employees who fulfil the length of service criteria without regular promotion.
• The core intent of the scheme, as noted by the court, is to alleviate "stagnation" for employees who do not receive regular promotions over long periods.
• The CAT Chennai Bench directed the Department of Posts to grant the 3rd financial upgradation to the applicant from the date they completed 30 years of service.
• The department was ordered to re-fix the applicant's pay and pension accordingly and pay the resulting arrears within a specified timeline.
• In some instances of delayed implementation, the court noted that the applicant might be entitled to interest on the arrears.
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