DR BALIJEPALLI DWARAKANATH vs HEAVY WATER BOARD on 2 November 2026

1. Dr.Balijepalli Dwarakanath, E.C. No: 51575 S/o. B V Subrahmanyam, Age: 66, Occ: Retd. SO/F R/o 1-19-80/103B, Vijayapuri Colony, Kapra, Secunderabad, 500062.

2. S.Venugopala Swamy, E.C.No: 51140 S/o Lakshmaiah, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o Flat No 311, Happy Homes Nest, OUT Colony, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad, 500094.

3. Hari Sarvothama Rao.M ,E.C.No: 50010 S/o MatteguntaVenkateswarlu, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/E, R/o Flat No 505, C Block, Divine Allura Apartments, Chanda Nagar, Hyderabad 500050.

4. Salapala Rajaiah, E.C.No: 50843 S/o Mallaiah, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o 7-149, Haven Colony, Ismail Khan Guda, Ghatkesar Mandal, Hyderabad - 501301.

5. Rabindra Kumar Swain, E.C.No: 51730

S/o HadibanduSwain, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/F, R/o MIG 1/84, Lane 17, Satyasai Enclave, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Present: 115, Lakshmi Elite Villas, Vampuguda, Hyderabad, 500062.

6. Wukkalam Narasimham. E.C. No: 51285 S/o W.Sreenivasa Charyulu., Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/E, R/o C-209, Vajra Srinivasam, Raghavendra Nagar, Kondapur, Hyderabad, 500084.

7. Prafulla Chandra Sahoo, E.C. No: 51608 S/o Arjun Sahoo, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/E, R/o Redcross Road, Kailash Grocery Shop Lane, Near Cholera Hospital, Badasankha, Puri, Odisha, Presently residing at 501 Jyothi Ambience, Srinivas Nagar colony, ECIL, Hyderabad.- 500062.

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8. Naga Venkata Ratnam Annam, E.C.No: 51182 S/o Soma Raju Annam, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o C/o Venkat Raevanth, Prashanti Nilayam, Flat 101, Jagruti Colony, Kondapur, Hyderabad, 500084.

9. Aerram Koteshwar Rao, E.C.No: 52528

S/o A. Komurelli. Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o H.No 5-6/81, Road 7, SVS Abharana Enclave, KGM Colony, Bachupally, Hyderabad, 500090.

10. P. Gunasekaran, E.C.No: 52719

S/o Panneerselvam, Age: 63, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o C/o G.Ramanujam, B - 502, Paramount Residency, Nagaram, Hyderabad, 500083.

11. Toleti Venkata Linga Raju, E.C.No: 51120

S/o T. Gopala Krishna Murthy. Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/F, R/o Flat 503, Jyoti Ambience Apartment, Srinivasa Nagar, HT Line Road, Kapra, ECIL, Hyderabad, 500062.

12. VanjilaVaraprasada Rao, E.C.No: 51142 S/o V. Papa Rao, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o C/o M.Seetharamulu, 10-262/1, Raghavendranagar Colony, Road 1Jillalaguda, Saroor Nagar,Meerpet, Hyderabad 500097.

13. Puvvada Koteswara Rao, E.C.No: 50632

S/o P. Janardhana Rao, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/ER/o Flat No 306, Prime Height Apts, Opp Sangamitra School, Nizampet Road, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 500085.

14. Malineedi Ramanjaneyulu, E.C.No: 50651

S/o Venkata Subbaiah, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/F

R/o Flat 101, plot No 359, Raja Nivas

6th phase KPHB Colony, Kukatpally Hyderbad 500085.

15. Anne Ananda Rao, E.C.No: 50850 S/o A.Hanumanth Rao, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o Flat No A-202, Madhuvani Apartments, Bose Road, Tenali, 522201.

16. Manneni Bhaskara Rao, E.C.No: 50243 S/o Narasimha Rao, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o H.No:1-80, Tallamada Village, Saththupally Mandal, Khammam (Dt) -507303.

17. Avadhanam Rama Mohan, E.C.No: 50661

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S/o A. Satya Narayana, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o Flat No 338, Sri Tirumala Harmony, Kapra, Hyderabad, 500062.

18. Rankireddi Venkata Ramana, E.C. No: 50654

S/o Viswanadham, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o Villa No 115, Lakshmi Elite Villas, Vampuguda, Kapra Mandal, Hyderabad, 500062.

19. Pendela Chandra Sekhar, E.C. No: 50672 S/o P. Laxminarayana, Age: 58, Occ: Retd SO/D (Voluntary) R/o 1-19-66-51/104, Dr.A.S.Rao Nagar, Hyderabad, 500062.

20. Dwadasi Sreenivasa Rao, E.C. No: 50255 S/o D.K. Suryanarayana, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/GR/o Flat 308, Kalyanpatra Technopolis, Bhimili Y Jn, Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam, 530052.

21. Cletus Prakash, E.C.No: 50425

S/o Maria Susai, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o Flat No B-203, Whistling Woods, Gandipet Rd, Kokapet, Hyderabad 500075.

22. Mirdoddi Narasimha Rao , E.C.No: 50844 S/o M. Laxmana Rao, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/F, R/o 8-69/12, Dwaraka Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad, 500039.

23. Nimmagadda Raveendra Babu. E.C.No: 51437 S/o PrasadaRao, Age: 60, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o Nakesh Bazar, Near Kanakadurga Temple, Jaggaiahpet, 521175.

24. Sridhara Chidambaram, E.C.No: 50269 S/o Subrahmanyam, Age: 60, Occ: Retd SO/E R/o K1504, SMR Vinay Iconia, Masjidbanda Road, Kondapur, Hyderabad 500084.

25. Ivaturi Venkata Siva Kumar, E.C.No: 50267

S/o Linga Murthy, Age: 60, Occ: Retd SO/E

R/o 113-B, Hima Sai Srinidhin, Hyderguda, Attappur, Hyderabad, 500048.

26. Puppala Krishna Murthy, E C No: 50257

S/o P.Laxmaiah, Age: 60, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o. Flat 401, H.No 3-4-558/B, Dukes legend Stellar Residency, Narayanguda, Hyderabad, 500029.

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27. Vadla Bhaskara Chary, E.C No: 50438

S/o V. Narayana Chary, Age:60, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o H.No 5-5-1032/V10, Vasavipuram Colony, Chintalakunta, L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad, 500074.

28. Dr.Suresh Shukla, E.C.No: 41212 S/o Sunder Lal Shukla, Age: 63, Occ: Retd SO/E R/o 31, Amrapali Vihar, Near Awasiya Inter College, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226029 Present: H.No 101, Platinum height, Swarnapuri Colony, Miyapur, Hyd- 500049.

29. Gopal Krishna Johri, E.C.No: 41086

S/o Dr.B R Johri, Age: 63, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o E-1/601, Mahalakshmipuram,

Baran Rd, Kota, 324002, Present: 338,

Sri Tirumala Harmony, Kapra, Hyd 500062.

30. Rameshwar Prasad Tiwari, E.C.No: 40473

S/o Har Narayan, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/E

R/o Plot 11, Barkat Nagar, Charbhuja, Rawatbhata,(dist) Chittor, Rajastan - Present: C/o. Mrs Saroja Siyaram Sharma, 2-62/A/30/71, Annapurna Enclave, Chandanagar, Hyderabad –500050.

31. Ratnesh Gupta, E.C.No: 40432

S/o Banshi Lal Gupta, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o D-704, Anukampa Platina, ISKON Road, Mansarovar Extension, Jaipur, 302020. Present: 3-16B-138/3, Shanthi Nagar, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.

32. K Rajendran. E.C.No: 60630

S/o N. V. Karunakaran. Age: 65, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o BRN 57, Arundati Bhavan, Manalil, Thekevila P.O M Kollam, 691016 Present: , H.No 3-4-558/B, Narayanguda, Hyd, 500029.

33. A .Abbas, E.C.No: 60344 S/o Abdul Parith, Age: 63, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o 70-A, M.K.Street, Tuticorin-628002 Present: Raja Nivas 6th phase KPHB Colony, Kukatpally, Hyd 500085.

34. S. Ramakrishnan, E.C.No: 60330

S/o Subbiah, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/F

R/o 5/249- B8, Geetha Nagar Muthiahpuram, Tuticorin, 628005Present: Flat No B-203,

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Whistling Woods, Kokapet, Hyderabad-500 075.

35. D. Sekar. E.C.No: 60331 S/o Duraisamy, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o 5/242, B3 Ambedkar Nagar, 4th Street, Muthaiyapuram, Tuticorin, 628005 Present: 8-69/12, Dwaraka Nagar, Uppal, Hyd, 500039.

36. K Subbanna, I.C No: 60624,

S/o K S Katti, Age 64 yrs, Occ: Retd SO/G, R/o 32, 4th cross, 5th Main, Srinidhi layout, Bengaluru, presently residing at Flat No 311, Happy Homes Nest, OUT Colony, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad, 500094.

37. Jayant Kumar Sundaray, E.C.No: 70138 S/o Abntaryami Sundaray, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/G R/o 1242/5477, Mallick Complex, Lane 7, Jagamara, Khandagiri, Bhubaneshwar, 751030 Present: 501 Jyothi Ambience, Srinivas Nagar colony ECIL, Hyderabad.

38. Vireshchandra I Bhatt, E.C No: 30213

S/o Indravdan K Bhatt, Age: 65, Occ: Rtd.SO/G.

A/10, Amardeep Duplex, B/H Anandavan Complex, Triven Samta Road, Subhanpura, Vdodara, Gujarath – 390023, C/O , R/o 3-16B-138/3, Shanthi Nagar, Revenue Ward 6, Kakinada, 533003.

39. Chandrakant Shankarlal Panchal, I.C No. 30161, S/o Shankarlal Kalidas Panchal, Age 66, Occ: Retd SO/F, R/o C-20, Sweta park-2, Harini Warasia Ring road, Vadodara, Gujrat, Presently residing at Gouthamanilayam, NGGO's Colony, Akkayapalem, Visakhapatnam-500016.

40. Rajendra Jha, E C No: 30464 S/o Bauyelal Jha, Age 65, Occ: Retd SO/E, R/o A-14,Amarjyot, New Sama Road, Vadodara- 390024 Present: 501 Jyothi Ambience, Srinivas Nagar colony ECIL, Hyderabad-62.

41. Baka Venkateswara Rao, E.C.No: 52508 S/o Narasimha Murthy, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o 3-16B-138/3, Shanthi Nagar, Revenue Ward 6, Kakinada-533003.

42. Sakti Sankar Dhar, E C No: 30597 S/o Kapileswar Dhar, Age: 62, Occ: Retd SO/G

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R/o 5/3, Meher Ali Road, Park Circus, Kolkata, Present: Flat No 311, Happy Homes Nest, OUT Colony, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad, 500094.

43. Prithwidev Roy, E.C No. 60629, S/o Late Sri K B Roy, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/G , R/o Flat no: 104, Atira-B, SiddhashilaEEla, Punewale, Pune, Maharastra , Presently residing at Sri Jana Chaitanya Housing Society, Upparapalli, Hyderabad- 500030.

44. C.V.B Mallick, E.C.No: 11060

S/o C. Prabhakar Rao, Age: 65, Occ: Retd SO/F R/o 402, Eswara Apartments, D.No 15-12-18/10, Krishna Nagar, Visakhapatnam, 530002

45. Dr .Krishnan Kesavaiyer, E.C.No: 8293

S/o Kesavaiyer Ramasubramanian, Age: 65, Occ: Retd SO/F, C/o Swaminathan.S, 30/A, Asha Officers Colony, R.K.Puram, Secunderabad-500056.

46. Jayanthi Radhakrishna, E.C.No: 7961

S/o Jayanthi Satyanarayana Sastry, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/G, R/o 2-44-4/2, MVP Colony, Sector 11, Visakhapatnam, 530017.

47. V.J. Ramalingeswara Rao, E.C.No: 3294

S/o Late Vasa Suryanarayana, Age: 65, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o 49-40-3, Flat No 301, Gouthamanilayam, NGGO's Colony, Akkayapalem, Visakhapatnam, 500016.

48. R.V. Ramesh, E.C.No: 3405

S/o R V S S Krishna Rao, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/F

R/o: C/o K.Srinivasa Rao, H.No. 2-6-7/JC/106, Sri Jana Chaitanya Housing Society, Uppalli, Hyderabad- 500030.

49. G.N. Chandrasekaran, E.C.No: 3307

S/o G Narayanasamy, Age: 64, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o 49-40-3 Flat No: 301, Gouthama Nilayam, NGGO's Colony, Akkayyapalem, Visakhapatnam, A P, 530016.

50. Patnam Madan Kumar, E.C.No: 5377 S/o P.Ganapathy. Age: 61, Occ: Retd. SO/F R/o: 26-13-21, NGO Colony, BV Nagar, Nellore, 524004.

51. T V Ravindranath, E.C.No: 4457

S/o T Vadivelu Achari, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/G

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R/o F1-Flat, Bhavathi, Sri Balaji Empire, No-13, Ganapathy Colony, East Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Presently residing C/o. B.Bhagwan, MIG-354, V Paradise, Flat: 401, Phase-1, KPHB Colony, Hyderabad- 500072.

52. K Thanigairaj, E.C.No: 4952

S/o M Kannivel, Age: 61, Occ: Retd SO/G

R/o HNo:5, GovindaSamy Street,Shollinganallur, Chennai - 600119, Present: 501, Jyoti Ambience Apartment, Srinivasa Nagar, Kapra, Hyderabad, 500062.

53. A K Jain, E.C No: 458, S/o Babulal Jain , Age 64 , Occ: Retd SO/G, R/o Flat No 504, HawareSplendor/Glory CHS, Plot No 52 & 56, Sector, 20, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, Presently residing at: A K Jain, C/O Anita Jain, Madhu Flat No: 1-8-142, 1st floor, Krishna Castle, Sindhi coloney, Secundarabad-500003.

54. Ganga Prasad Singh , EC No 4129, S/o Ram Surat Singh , Age 64, Occ: Retd SO/E, R/oFlat No D/405, Kranti Park royal, Kandiguda, Cross road , Sainikpuri, 500094.

55. K Venkateswara Rao, E.C No 5667, S/o Narsimha Rao, Age 60, Occ: Retd SO/G, R/o 12-13-784, Kimtee Colony, Taranaka, Sec’bad-500017.

….Applicants

(By Advocate: Smt.Anita Swain)

Vs.

1. The Union of India Rep by its Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, CSM Marg, Mumbai 400001.

2. The Government of India, Represented by its Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions. Dept of Pension & Pensioners welfare, 3rd floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi-110003.

3. The Government of India, Represented by its Secretary Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi-110011.

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4. The Chairman /Chief Executive, Heavy Water Board, Department of Atomic energy, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai - 400094.

5. The Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) , 6th floor, Central Complex, Trombay, BARC, Mumbai – 400085.

6. The Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Department of Atomic energy, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India – 603102.

7. The Director, Directorate of Construction Services and Estate Management (DCSEM), Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar Mumbai – 400094.

8. The Chief Executive Office, Nuclear Fuel Complex, ECIL, Hyderabad.

9. The General Manager, Heavy Water Plant (Manuguru), PO Gautaminagar, Aswapuram, Telengana- 507116.

10. The General Manager, Heavy Water plant (Talcher), PO. Vikarampur, District Angul, Talcher-Orissa-759106.

11. The General Manager, Heavy Water Plant (Baroda), PO Fertilizer Nagar, Vadodara, Gujarat- 391750.

12. The General Manager, Heavy Water Plant (Kota), PO Anushakti, Kota, Rajasthan- 323303.

13. The General Manager, Heavy Water Plant (Tuticorin), PO HWP Colony, Tuticorin, Tamilnadu- 628007. …Respondents (By Advocate: Shri M.Brahma Reddy, Sr.PC for CG)

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ORAL ORDER

PER: HON’BLE SHRI MANISH GARG, JUDICIAL MEMBER

1. In the instant OA, the applicants are seeking the following relief: “…to call for the records and declare the action of the respondents 1 and 4 to 6 without any notice recovered the amounts from each applicant from September 2020 as stated in the Annexure I, and fixed the pay and pension of applicants without adding the two additional increments by creating a cutoff date 13-06-2017 and issued an proceedings on 20-04-2023 vide OM No 4/4/2011- SCS/Vol.VIII/5182 by confirming the proceeding dated 03-08-2020 vide OM No 4/4/2011-SCS/Vol. VIII/5157, for withdrawing the scheme of two additional increments in its entirety retrospectively w.e.f. 13-06-2017, is contrary to the Tribunal order in O.A No 130/2016 and O.A 381/2019 & batch which is confirmed by the Hon'ble High court of Telangana in dismissing the WP 19010/2020 and contrary to the Presidential sanction, hence declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, unconstitutional and abuse misuse of power and violation of Article 14, 16, 21 and 300A of the constitution of India, apart from violation of natural justice hence quash the order of 1st respondent vide OM No 4/4/2011- SCS/Vol.VIII/5157 dated 03-08-2020 and 04/04/2011-SCS/Vol. VIII/5182 dated 20-4-2023, and consequently direct the 1st and 2nd respondent.

a) To repay the recovered amount from the applicants as per the annexure I with 24% interest.

b) Direct the respondent 1 & 2 to re-fix the pay and pension of applicants from 13-06-2017 by taking into account the revised two additional increment as per the methodology issued by the Ministry i.e. 3rd respondent on dated 01-03-2023 and consequently direct the respondent 1 & 2 to release the arrears of two increments, Pay, Pension and pensionary benefits along with other consequential benefits with interest at the rate of 12% per annum with quarterly rests from the date on with the same has become due and payable till the date of actual payment.

c) Further declare that the applicants are entitled for the costs of the litigation thrust on them by the respondents by not extending the benefits as extended to others similar situated persons by creating a

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cutoff date and pass such other order and further orders as are deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. The matter herein pertains to the grant of Two Additional Increments (TAI) to the applicants in the grade of Scientific Officers ‘D’ to ‘G’, which was granted based on the Presidential sanction, vide OM, dt.03.02.1999, in order to inspire and motivate them. However, when the two additional increments were not treated as pay for all purposes, similarly situated employees have filed OA.No.563/2021 before this Tribunal which has dismissed the said OA vide order, dt.19.03.2025. Challenging the same, the applicants therein have approached the Hon'ble High Court of Telangana by way of filing Writ Petition No.2408 of 2026, wherein the Hon’ble High Court, vide interim order, dt. dt.29.01.2026, has ordered stay of recovery pursuant to the impugned OMs therein.

3. Learned counsel for the applicants stated that, in pursuance of the stay granted by the Hon’ble High Court in the above said WP, this Tribunal has disposed of the similar matter in OA.2088/2024, vide order, dt.20.04.2026, with the following direction: “5. When the matter is taken up for consideration, learned counsel for the applicants tenders a digital copy of the judgement of the High Court of Telangana, dt.29.01.2026, in Writ Petition No. 2408 of 2026, in the case of similarly situated employees seeking the same relief, wherein the Hon’ble High Court has ordered stay of recovery pursuant to the impugned OMs herein. The relevant portion of the order is extracted as under:

“In the meantime, there shall be stay of recovery of the amount pursuant to the impugned orders as contained in page Nos.55 to 58 of the instant Writ Petition.”

6. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the applicants, nothing survives for adjudication in the matter, at this juncture, as the issue is sub judice before the Hon’ble High Court. Accordingly, the O.A. is disposed of subject to the outcome of Writ

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Petition No. 2408 of 2026 pending before the Hon’ble High Court. No order as to costs.”

4. Since the Tribunal has already taken a decision in the above said OA.No.2088/2024, vide order, dt.20.04.2026, we cannot take a divergent view at this stage. Therefore, the present OA is disposed of in terms of the direction contained in OA.No.2088/2024 subject to the outcome of the Writ Petition No.2408 of 2026 pending before the Hon’ble High Court of Telangana. No order as to costs.

(Varun Sindhu Kul Kaumudi) (Manish Garg) Administrative Member

Judicial Member

02.11.2026

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