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Seniors cannot claim promotion parity where juniors possess different prescribed qualifications and eligibility requirements.. MAUJI SINGH vs M/o Defence. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

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Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Seniors cannot claim promotion parity where juniors possess different prescribed qualifications and eligibility requirements.

The applicants, employees of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, held diploma qualifications in engineering and had served in the technical cadre, ultimately being appointed/promoted as Assistant Foreme...

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Interest on retiral dues cannot be claimed afresh after prior adjudication without an interest award.. SHREE KRISHNA vs CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Interest on retiral dues cannot be claimed afresh after prior adjudication without an interest award.

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Eligible employees retiring before the increment date receive a notional increment solely for pension fixation.. SHAMBHU NATH GUPTA vs M/O FINANCE, D/O REVENUE. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Social Security and PensionsAdministrative and Public Law

Eligible employees retiring before the increment date receive a notional increment solely for pension fixation.

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Long-serving whole-time contingency-paid employees are entitled to pension despite absence of formal regularization.. CHAMELA DEVI vs DEPARTMENT OF POST. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawSocial Security and Pensions

Long-serving whole-time contingency-paid employees are entitled to pension despite absence of formal regularization.

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Recovery of excess payment from a Group C employee is impermissible absent fraud or misrepresentation.. Mool Chandra Sahu vs DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Recovery of excess payment from a Group C employee is impermissible absent fraud or misrepresentation.

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Pending HRA-recovery litigation does not preclude payment of eligible leave encashment with GPF-rate interest.. HEERA SINGH vs DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF QUALITY ASSURANCE (DGQA). CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Pending HRA-recovery litigation does not preclude payment of eligible leave encashment with GPF-rate interest.

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Transfer during disciplinary proceedings is not punitive absent mala fides or statutory violation.. Saurabh Tiwari vs LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (MS). CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Transfer during disciplinary proceedings is not punitive absent mala fides or statutory violation.

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Over-aged ex-casual railway labourers are entitled to ₹8 lakh compensation instead of appointment.. Arjun vs General Manager, N E Rly. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Over-aged ex-casual railway labourers are entitled to ₹8 lakh compensation instead of appointment.

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A minor-penalty disciplinary authority may institute proceedings for major penalties under Rule 13(2).. SAURABH TRIVEDI vs M/O DEFENCE. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

A minor-penalty disciplinary authority may institute proceedings for major penalties under Rule 13(2).

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Benefits under SRO 149, once extended, cannot be withdrawn or recovered from retired employees.. PRETHVI RAJ vs JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Jammu']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jammu']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawSocial Security and Pensions

Benefits under SRO 149, once extended, cannot be withdrawn or recovered from retired employees.

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Third MACP must grant the next higher grade pay, not repeat the existing grade pay.. VINOD KUMAR MISHRA vs Union Of India. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Third MACP must grant the next higher grade pay, not repeat the existing grade pay.

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Respondents must treat the application as a representation and decide it by a reasoned order within eight weeks.. PREM NATH vs FOOD CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Jammu']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jammu']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Respondents must treat the application as a representation and decide it by a reasoned order within eight weeks.

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Pay fixation under Rule 11, not Rule 7, applies to employees promoted before revised-pay adoption who opted from promotion date.. ANIL KUMAR & ORS vs General Manager N C Rly. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Pay fixation under Rule 11, not Rule 7, applies to employees promoted before revised-pay adoption who opted from promotion date.

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Post-acquittal representation against dismissal must be considered under Rule 12 by the competent authority.. VINIT YADAV vs HOME AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Post-acquittal representation against dismissal must be considered under Rule 12 by the competent authority.

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Inordinate and unexplained delay bars a service claim; subsequent representations cannot revive a stale cause of action.. G DEVY vs UT OF PUDUCHERRY. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Inordinate and unexplained delay bars a service claim; subsequent representations cannot revive a stale cause of action.

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Successive promotions on consecutive days render the employee’s DNI pay-fixation option unavailable.. S RAJAGOPAL vs Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Successive promotions on consecutive days render the employee’s DNI pay-fixation option unavailable.

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Tribunals cannot reassess disciplinary evidence or substitute punishment absent procedural illegality or shocking disproportionality.. G PADMAVATHY vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Tribunals cannot reassess disciplinary evidence or substitute punishment absent procedural illegality or shocking disproportionality.

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Essential qualifications prescribed by recruitment rules cannot be relaxed for individual candidates.. R LAKSHMINARAYANAN BHARANI vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Essential qualifications prescribed by recruitment rules cannot be relaxed for individual candidates.

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Retrospective pay fixation cannot be restricted to association members; similarly situated employees are entitled to equal benefits.. P Srinivasa Raghavan vs FINANCE. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Retrospective pay fixation cannot be restricted to association members; similarly situated employees are entitled to equal benefits.

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Competent authority must decide a timely representation seeking recruitment-rule relaxation by a reasoned order within 30 days.. AMIT vs DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION (GNCTD). CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Competent authority must decide a timely representation seeking recruitment-rule relaxation by a reasoned order within 30 days.

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Departmental dismissal cannot rest solely on a coerced confession without corroborating evidence.. THOMTE THANGCHINKHUP vs EXTERNEL AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Departmental dismissal cannot rest solely on a coerced confession without corroborating evidence.

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Administrative delay cannot prejudice promotion; eligible service awards must be considered through a Review DPC.. MONU KUMAR vs NORTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Administrative delay cannot prejudice promotion; eligible service awards must be considered through a Review DPC.

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Authorities must decide NPS-to-OPS conversion representations by reasoned orders under applicable rules, including parity claims.. Shunita Devi vs DELHI JAL BOARD. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Authorities must decide NPS-to-OPS conversion representations by reasoned orders under applicable rules, including parity claims.

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Judicial review of DPC assessments is limited absent arbitrariness, mala fides, or illegality.. KAUSHALENDER KUMAR SINGH vs DELHI POLICE. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Judicial review of DPC assessments is limited absent arbitrariness, mala fides, or illegality.

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Permanent 100% pension cut upheld for thirteen years of unauthorised absence.. M P Khosla vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Permanent 100% pension cut upheld for thirteen years of unauthorised absence.

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Mere FIR pendency cannot justify withholding leave encashment absent statutory proceedings and a recovery finding.. Ghulam Mohammad Dar vs HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Mere FIR pendency cannot justify withholding leave encashment absent statutory proceedings and a recovery finding.

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An expired NOC confers no vested right to inter-divisional transfer or joining.. GANGA CHARAN MEENA vs WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY. CAT - ['Jaipur']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jaipur']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

An expired NOC confers no vested right to inter-divisional transfer or joining.

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Upgraded pay from 1 January 1996 must be granted where facts mirror binding precedent.. BANWARI LAL MEENA vs REVENUE. CAT - ['Jaipur']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jaipur']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Upgraded pay from 1 January 1996 must be granted where facts mirror binding precedent.

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Identically situated Inspectors and Superintendents qualify for upgraded pay scales notionally from 1 January 1996.. MAHABIR SINGH MEENA vs M/O FINANCE, D/O REVENUE. CAT - ['Jaipur']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jaipur']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Identically situated Inspectors and Superintendents qualify for upgraded pay scales notionally from 1 January 1996.

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Challenge to a charge memo is premature where alleged private conduct could constitute misconduct under service rules.. Selvanagarathinam vs HOME AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Challenge to a charge memo is premature where alleged private conduct could constitute misconduct under service rules.

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Upon exoneration, sealed-cover recommendations require notional promotion from the immediate junior’s promotion date.. S SIVANESAN vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Upon exoneration, sealed-cover recommendations require notional promotion from the immediate junior’s promotion date.

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Judicial review cannot reappraise disciplinary evidence absent natural justice violations, procedural irregularity, or perversity.. I KALIAPERUMAL vs Controller-general Of Accounts. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Judicial review cannot reappraise disciplinary evidence absent natural justice violations, procedural irregularity, or perversity.

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Removal of a teacher for proved misconduct toward female students upheld; inquiry satisfied natural justice.. V SIVAGURUNATHAN vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Removal of a teacher for proved misconduct toward female students upheld; inquiry satisfied natural justice.

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Judicial review cannot reassess disciplinary evidence absent procedural unfairness, perversity, or jurisdictional error.. I KALIAPERUMAL vs Comptroller And Auditor-general Of India. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Judicial review cannot reassess disciplinary evidence absent procedural unfairness, perversity, or jurisdictional error.

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An employee’s NEPP option to retain BCR promotion is binding and precludes claiming earlier upgradation.. P S Hassan vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens

CAT - ['Ernakulam']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

An employee’s NEPP option to retain BCR promotion is binding and precludes claiming earlier upgradation.

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Removal is proportionate for proven misappropriation of public funds after adequate disciplinary opportunity.. C RAMACHANDRAN vs D/o Post. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Removal is proportionate for proven misappropriation of public funds after adequate disciplinary opportunity.

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A higher qualification cannot cure non-compliance with expressly prescribed essential qualifications absent an enabling rule.. Reshma K vs DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens

CAT - ['Ernakulam']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

A higher qualification cannot cure non-compliance with expressly prescribed essential qualifications absent an enabling rule.

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Seniority cannot be retrospectively claimed for a period when the employee was not borne on the cadre.. J MOHAN vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Seniority cannot be retrospectively claimed for a period when the employee was not borne on the cadre.

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Long service as a voucher-paid driver does not confer a right to regularisation.. V KUZHANDAIVELU vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Long service as a voucher-paid driver does not confer a right to regularisation.

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Essential qualifications prescribed by recruitment rules cannot be relaxed for individual candidates.. K SEKAR vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Essential qualifications prescribed by recruitment rules cannot be relaxed for individual candidates.

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Authorities must decide the pensionary claim for five-year qualifying-service addition through a reasoned order.. Ghulam Rasool Khan vs Accountant General (a & E) J & K Srinagar. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Social Security and PensionsAdministrative and Public Law

Authorities must decide the pensionary claim for five-year qualifying-service addition through a reasoned order.

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Erroneous family-pension recovery must be quashed where the revised PPO confirms no overpayment.. VEENA KASHYAP vs NORTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens

CAT - ['Lucknow']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Erroneous family-pension recovery must be quashed where the revised PPO confirms no overpayment.

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Retired SAI employees are entitled to medical reimbursement at serving-employee rates where service rules are silent.. Mohammad Raza vs DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens

CAT - ['Lucknow']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Retired SAI employees are entitled to medical reimbursement at serving-employee rates where service rules are silent.

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Casual labourers cannot claim regularization without documentary proof of continuous service and subsisting engagement.. abdul hameed dar and others vs JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Casual labourers cannot claim regularization without documentary proof of continuous service and subsisting engagement.

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Tribunal permits withdrawal of transfer challenge with liberty to pursue remedies in accordance with law.. RAM BHAGAT vs UNION OF INDIA. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Tribunal permits withdrawal of transfer challenge with liberty to pursue remedies in accordance with law.

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A party cannot seek review after consenting to directions, absent an error apparent on the record.. GNCTD vs AJAY KUMAR. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

A party cannot seek review after consenting to directions, absent an error apparent on the record.

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Contractual teachers’ services shall continue pending reasoned decisions on their regularization representations until 31 March 2027.. UMA vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI (GNCTD). CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Contractual teachers’ services shall continue pending reasoned decisions on their regularization representations until 31 March 2027.

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Competent authority must decide the applicant’s eligibility representation through a reasoned and speaking order.. AKANSHA SHARMA vs HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Competent authority must decide the applicant’s eligibility representation through a reasoned and speaking order.

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One-time relaxation under recruitment rules cannot benefit employees appointed after their notification.. AJAY KUMAR vs CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens

CAT - ['Kolkata']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

One-time relaxation under recruitment rules cannot benefit employees appointed after their notification.

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A fresh disciplinary inquiry cannot be ordered merely to cure evidentiary omissions in a completed inquiry.. BRIJ BHUSHAN SHARMA vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

A fresh disciplinary inquiry cannot be ordered merely to cure evidentiary omissions in a completed inquiry.

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Movement from unskilled to semi-skilled post is not a promotion for ACP purposes.. T R PETER vs M/o Defence. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Movement from unskilled to semi-skilled post is not a promotion for ACP purposes.

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Failure to review deemed suspension within 90 days renders subsequent continuation orders invalid.. Sunil Kumar vs GNCTD. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Failure to review deemed suspension within 90 days renders subsequent continuation orders invalid.

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Gross computational errors in seniority fixation must be rectified despite delay and laches.. D AMUDHA vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Gross computational errors in seniority fixation must be rectified despite delay and laches.

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Authorities cannot keep compassionate appointment applications on hold pending clarity on GOCO implementation.. PALAS THAPA vs 507 ARMY BASE WORKSHOP. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens

CAT - ['Kolkata']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Authorities cannot keep compassionate appointment applications on hold pending clarity on GOCO implementation.

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Inspectors and Superintendents are entitled to revised pay notionally from 1996 and monetarily from 2004.. K R Umarani vs FINANCE. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens

CAT - ['Chennai']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawSocial Security and Pensions

Inspectors and Superintendents are entitled to revised pay notionally from 1996 and monetarily from 2004.

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A second wife in a subsisting first marriage is ineligible for family pension.. Smt Geeta Devi vs General Managar, N Rly. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·8 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawFamily Law

A second wife in a subsisting first marriage is ineligible for family pension.

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An implemented promotion cannot be retrospectively cancelled without hearing the employee absent fraud or misrepresentation.. ASHOK DEOGAM vs Railway. CAT - ['Patna']. LawLens

CAT - ['Patna']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

An implemented promotion cannot be retrospectively cancelled without hearing the employee absent fraud or misrepresentation.

The applicant, an employee initially appointed in the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai (“ICF”), opted for transfer to the newly established Rail Wheel Plant/CWP, Bela, while retaining his lien and seniority in the pare...

4 MIN READ

Authorities cannot rely on a quashed order; compassionate appointment claims must be reconsidered afresh.. SMT SUNITA vs M/o Defence. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Authorities cannot rely on a quashed order; compassionate appointment claims must be reconsidered afresh.

The applicant’s husband, a Lower Division Clerk employed at Central Ordnance Depot, Jabalpur, died in an accident on 17 November 2010 after approximately seven years of service.

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Family pension claims by disabled children require specific functional assessment and a reasoned determination of livelihood capacity.. VASIM KHAN vs NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Social Security and PensionsAdministrative and Public Law

Family pension claims by disabled children require specific functional assessment and a reasoned determination of livelihood capacity.

The applicant’s father, Sakbar Khan, a Railway Gangman, died in harness in 2002.

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Family pension is unavailable where a compulsorily retired railway employee lacks ten years’ qualifying service.. SMT GEETA YADAV vs NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens

CAT - ['Allahabad']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Social Security and PensionsEmployment and Labour Law

Family pension is unavailable where a compulsorily retired railway employee lacks ten years’ qualifying service.

Late Sher Singh, the applicant’s husband, was employed as a Gangman with the North Central Railway. He remained absent from duty from 4 January 2003 to 3 September 2003, allegedly on medical grounds, and was issued a...

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Mere cadre options or seniority-list inclusion creates no vested right to automatic absorption or preferred posting.. ANURAG YADAV vs CAG. CAT - ['Jaipur']. LawLens

CAT - ['Jaipur']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Mere cadre options or seniority-list inclusion creates no vested right to automatic absorption or preferred posting.

The applicant, an Assistant Audit Officer appointed in 2018 under the Principal Accountant General (Audit-I), Tamil Nadu, was permitted to proceed on deputation to the Finance & Communication Branch of the Indian Audi...

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Withdrawal of NFU for want of vigilance clearance is valid; recovery after five years is impermissible absent misrepresentation.. DEEPAK M GANEYAN vs REVENUE. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens

CAT - ['Bangalore']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Administrative and Public LawEmployment and Labour Law

Withdrawal of NFU for want of vigilance clearance is valid; recovery after five years is impermissible absent misrepresentation.

The applicant, appointed as Inspector of Central Excise on 21.09.1990 and promoted as Superintendent of Central Excise with effect from 21.09.2002, was granted the higher Grade Pay of ₹5,400 in Pay Band–2 on a non-fun...

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Contempt proceedings are dropped after respondents comply with the tribunal’s underlying order.. LAZARUS LUNJALA AND OTHERS vs P.ANANTH, GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, HUBBALLI AND OTHERS. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens

CAT - ['Bangalore']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Administrative and Public LawCivil Procedure and Evidence

Contempt proceedings are dropped after respondents comply with the tribunal’s underlying order.

The petitioners filed a contempt petition alleging breach and wilful disobedience of the Tribunal’s order dated 6 January 2026 passed in O.A. No. 170/00392/2025.

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Selections will not be disturbed where challengers rank below the cutoff and allege unsupported mala fides.. Gurmeet Kour vs D/o Education Ut Of J & K. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Administrative and Public LawEmployment and Labour Law

Selections will not be disturbed where challengers rank below the cutoff and allege unsupported mala fides.

The applicants challenged the selection of private respondents as Physical Education Teachers in District Pulwama pursuant to Advertisement Nos. 3 of 2006 and 6 of 2008.

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Authority directed to consider notional appointment and seniority claims without prejudging their merits.. AFSHANA ANJUM BABA vs FOREST ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Authority directed to consider notional appointment and seniority claims without prejudging their merits.

The applicants participated in the selection process for the post of Range Officer Grade-I in the J&K Forest Department pursuant to the Public Service Commission’s advertisement dated 15 March 2018.

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Respondents must decide claims for second in-situ promotion and pay stepping-up through a reasoned order.. GHULAM NABI KHAN vs SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Respondents must decide claims for second in-situ promotion and pay stepping-up through a reasoned order.

The applicant, appointed as a General Line Teacher in 1989, was promoted as Master on 3 August 2006 and subsequently functioned as In-charge Lecturer in 2019.

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Notional appointment benefits run from qualification-equivalence date, but no back wages accrue for intervening non-service.. rifat john vs University of Kashmir. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Notional appointment benefits run from qualification-equivalence date, but no back wages accrue for intervening non-service.

The University of Kashmir invited applications for the post of Lecturer in Botany through advertisement dated 14 January 2004. Rifat John, who possessed an M.Sc. in Environmental Botany, a Ph.D., and NET-JRF and GATE...

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Administrative inability to relieve an employee cannot defeat an ordered financial upgradation with retrospective effect.. K Neelappa Naik vs SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens

CAT - ['Bangalore']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Administrative inability to relieve an employee cannot defeat an ordered financial upgradation with retrospective effect.

The applicant, a Chief Office Superintendent in Level 7, was working in the South Western Railway Construction Organisation at Hubballi, while his lien and seniority were maintained in the Mysuru Division.

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Senior posts must be filled by regular substantive appointment within six weeks; interim in-charge arrangements may continue meanwhile.. DR ALTAF HUSSAIN CHALKOO vs HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Senior posts must be filled by regular substantive appointment within six weeks; interim in-charge arrangements may continue meanwhile.

The applicant, Dr. Altaf Hussain Chalkoo, was a Professor and Head of the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology at Government Dental College, Srinagar.

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A prior stepping-up with another junior does not bar statutory stepping-up under Rule 7.. NARASIMHA MURTHY S vs CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (CGDA)). CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens

CAT - ['Bangalore']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

A prior stepping-up with another junior does not bar statutory stepping-up under Rule 7.

The four applicants, serving or retired Senior Accounts Officers in the Defence Accounts Department, challenged the rejection of their claims for stepping up of pay with reference to their respective juniors.

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Retrospective downgrading of a temporary post is impermissible and cannot support recovery of paid salary.. RAM PRAKASH GUPTA DEAD SUBSTITUTED BY SMT DHAN DEVI GUPTA vs Union Of India. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens

CAT - ['Lucknow']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Retrospective downgrading of a temporary post is impermissible and cannot support recovery of paid salary.

Ram Prakash Gupta, the original applicant, was appointed as a Clerk on 14 May 1965 and was allowed to work as Deputy Postmaster/Postmaster in the HSG-I cadre at Fatehgarh on a temporary basis, at his own request and c...

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Administrative transfers should not be interfered with absent mala fides or statutory violation.. Axay Kumar vs NORTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Administrative transfers should not be interfered with absent mala fides or statutory violation.

The applicant, a Train Manager (formerly Goods Guard), had been transferred to Delhi Division in 2008 and was promoted as Senior Goods Guard/Train Manager in 2022; he was selected as Train Manager Counselor in 2024.

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Respondents must consider promotion claims and issue a reasoned order without granting automatic promotion.. Abdul rehman mir vs POWER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens

CAT - ['Srinagar']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Respondents must consider promotion claims and issue a reasoned order without granting automatic promotion.

The applicants, employees working as Lineman-II/Executive Staff in the Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited, claimed to have rendered more than two decades of service but lacked an effective promotional avenue.

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Pension Payment Orders Alone Do Not Establish Reviewable Errors in Pay Fixation. Shubh Kanta Bali vs KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGHTHAN. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens

CAT - ['Delhi']·7 SEPTEMBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Pension Payment Orders Alone Do Not Establish Reviewable Errors in Pay Fixation

The review applicant, a retired TGT (Hindi) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, had filed O.A. No. 388/2019 seeking revision of her pay and pension at par with Smt. Pushpa Sharma, retrospective benefits from 1 January 19...

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