https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311798 A tribunal vested with service-dispute jurisdiction under the Administrative Tribunals Act must decide the dispute itself and cannot remit it to an executive officer; such remission is void. An administrative order passed by the Chief Engineer on an invalid reference cannot operate as res judicata because it is not a competent judicial or quasi-judicial adjudication. No writ of mandamus can compel grant of a pay scale that departs from binding statutory rules framed under Article 309, and courts will not direct service benefits contrary to those rules. On these principles, the tribunal and High Court orders were unsustainable. en-us Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311798 A tribunal vested with service-dispute jurisdiction under the Administrative Tribunals Act must decide the dispute itself and cannot remit it to an executive officer; such remission is void. An administrative order passed by the Chief Engineer on an invalid reference cannot operate as res judicata because it is not a competent judicial or quasi-judicial adjudication. No writ of mandamus can compel grant of a pay scale that departs from binding statutory rules framed under Article 309, and courts will not direct service benefits contrary to those rules. On these principles, the tribunal and High Court orders were unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311798