statement by the Respondent, in reply to a question put by the Tribunal: "[the] Secretary-General consistently exercises his discretion under staff rule 103.11 only in cases where he may effect payment of allowance with funds allocated to post at higher level authorized by official manning table approved in budget by General Assembly. Under budgetary procedure, Secretary-General cannot consider granting allowance attaching to post which does not exist in official manning table." IX.In this respect, the Tribunal recalls its own opinion, as expressed in the above mentioned Judgement, paragraph IX: "... the criterion that the assumption of higher responsibi- lities for the purposes of a special post allowance should be evidenced by assignment to a post at the higher level on the official manning table is a reasonable one and within the authority of the Secretary-General to prescribe." X.In the present case, the Tribunal finds that during the- 10 - period of his service as Officer-in-Charge, AMS, the post the Applicant was encumbering was invariably at the P-4 level, as evidenced by other staff members who encumbered the same post prior to him at the identical level. Consequently, if the Applicant had been promoted at that time, he would have been promoted to the P-4 level and not to the P-5 level, a post which did not exist on the official manning table. XI.The Tribunal notes that only on 9 July 1987, i.e. 13 months after the Applicant had separated from the service of ECA, the post of Chief, AMS, in the Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division was reclassified to the P-5 level by the Classification Section of the Office of Human Resources and Management. XII.It is the view of the Tribunal that the decision by the Respondent of 9 July 1987, classifying the above-mentioned post at the P-5 level, does not have retroactive effect to the period for
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the classification of a post within an international organization, specifically the United Nations (UN). The mention of a "Secretary-General" and a "Staff Rule" suggests that the context is related to the UN's administrative structure. The post in question is related to the Agriculture Division, which is a specific department within the organization.

**Category**
Agriculture, forestry and fishing