Monetary limit for departmental appeals applied to bar a Tribunal filing made after the Board instruction took effect.

A departmental appeal was found not maintainable because the disputed amount fell below the monetary threshold prescribed in the Board's instruction governing appeals before the Tribunal. As the appeal was filed after the instruction took effect on 1 September 2011, the reduced monetary limit applied to maintainability. The Tribunal therefore dismissed the departmental appeal on the ground of breach of the applicable monetary limit.

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Issues: Whether the departmental appeal was maintainable in view of the monetary limit prescribed by the Board.

Analysis: The amount involved in the appeal was below the monetary threshold fixed by the Board for filing appeals before the Tribunal under the applicable instruction, which was in force from 1-9-2011. Since the appeal had been filed after the instruction came into effect, the monetary limit governed the filing of the appeal.

Conclusion: The departmental appeal was held to be not maintainable and was dismissed.

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