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![Authorities must decide pensionary and retiral-benefit claims through a reasoned order within eight weeks.. Habibullah khan vs HOME DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-decide-pensionary-and-retiral-benefit-claims-through-a-reasoned-order-wit-d0cbe8a8119c48fbabe7df9f2d353488.webp)
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The applicant, Habibullah Khan, a retired Sub-Inspector of the Jammu & Kashmir Police Department, entered government service as a Police Constable in 1982 and retired on superannuation in 2022 after approximately four...
READ THE ANALYSIS![Continuous temporary-status service entitles dependants to family pension despite absence of formal regularisation.. SMT SUSHILA DEVI vs DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/continuous-temporary-status-service-entitles-dependants-to-family-pension-despite-absence-0006d1f107144299ac3b945914aae9ff.webp)
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![Transfer order cannot be acted upon pending a reasoned decision on the employee’s representation.. Mohd Iqbal Shah vs UT of JK through Commissioner Secretary School Education Department. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/transfer-order-cannot-be-acted-upon-pending-a-reasoned-decision-on-the-employees-represent-5cc646c97a164af8bef11cd516b1a9f3.webp)
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![Pay and pension may be re-fixed, but recovery from retirees is barred absent fraud or misrepresentation.. Gulam Mohi ud Din Khan vs JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pay-and-pension-may-be-re-fixed-but-recovery-from-retirees-is-barred-absent-fraud-or-misre-29c8062f28e446a3b137fe1fb745edfe.webp)
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![RBE No. 41/2013 cannot retrospectively withdraw grade-pay benefits validly granted under earlier instructions.. MOHAMMAD ANWAR KHAN vs M/o Defence. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/rbe-no-41-2013-cannot-retrospectively-withdraw-grade-pay-benefits-validly-granted-under-ea-d825d8900cf0403f90d903a2a4e3d6a6.webp)
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![Pending recall proceedings do not stay execution absent an operative stay order.. CHAND MIYAN vs NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pending-recall-proceedings-do-not-stay-execution-absent-an-operative-stay-order-c32c4533e10c4f31a8586033a399f87e.webp)
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![Inclusion in a waiting list creates no enforceable appointment right absent a mandatory recruitment rule.. A SENDILKUMAR vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/inclusion-in-a-waiting-list-creates-no-enforceable-appointment-right-absent-a-mandatory-re-93edc2c1603f4d5592612e57e46fd6ad.webp)
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![Original application closed at applicants’ counsel’s request, with no order as to costs.. V VENUGOPALAN vs M/o Finance. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/original-application-closed-at-applicants-counsels-request-with-no-order-as-to-costs-bf82e037ddb64058b7cc92d9e6d8c3cf.webp)
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![Inclusion in a waiting list creates no enforceable right to appointment absent mandatory rules.. K SRINIVASA RAGHAVAN vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/inclusion-in-a-waiting-list-creates-no-enforceable-right-to-appointment-absent-mandatory-r-3f42fd75e62140778c5f18ea1387425f.webp)
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![Premature repatriation of a deputationist without prescribed notice and natural justice is invalid.. Viswanathan vs INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/premature-repatriation-of-a-deputationist-without-prescribed-notice-and-natural-justice-is-23cc6014bcf846c4a6badad5b69d4e3f.webp)
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![Meritorious sports-person reservation is unavailable for direct recruitment to Group B posts.. S MURUGAN vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/meritorious-sports-person-reservation-is-unavailable-for-direct-recruitment-to-group-b-pos-303dcbd061014b76af77c2b10eb6fe0d.webp)
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![ESIC Social Security Officers are entitled to Sixth CPC pay refixation and consequential arrears.. FRANCIS RYALL vs M/o Labour. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/esic-social-security-officers-are-entitled-to-sixth-cpc-pay-refixation-and-consequential-a-f25ab7e2ba844191bb18bf75573a4572.webp)
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![Additional remuneration under FR 49(iii) is unavailable for holding same-cadre posts in different offices.. C A GEORGE vs M/o Finance. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/additional-remuneration-under-fr-49-iii-is-unavailable-for-holding-same-cadre-posts-in-dif-d1d440ac14b04454b14ee19f4346f471.webp)
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![Contractual service does not entitle a wait-listed candidate to age relaxation or appointment.. DR V PRABHA SIVASHANKAR vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/contractual-service-does-not-entitle-a-wait-listed-candidate-to-age-relaxation-or-appointm-0c5fa3d1fb5c4aca9ea55f23c77dc72c.webp)
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![Proven misappropriation of public funds warrants removal from engagement, irrespective of the amount involved.. G MEGANATHAN vs D/o Post. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/proven-misappropriation-of-public-funds-warrants-removal-from-engagement-irrespective-of-t-78e677488aa24cfb9c41b15c52ed0d11.webp)
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![Failure to qualify the SAS examination within permissible chances justifies AAO termination and bars prior pay protection.. S ADHINARAYANAN vs Comptroller And Auditor-general Of India. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/failure-to-qualify-the-sas-examination-within-permissible-chances-justifies-aao-terminatio-a341ac282c764002b7b66b49f39f3c4a.webp)
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![Meeting minimum residency and APAR norms does not confer an enforceable right to promotion under a merit-based scheme.. Butukuri Koti Reddy vs DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ANERGY. CAT - ['Hyderabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/meeting-minimum-residency-and-apar-norms-does-not-confer-an-enforceable-right-to-promotion-71e8d90752a24c4d9f2dc25d7ed6d18e.webp)
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![Selection-related representation must be decided after hearing within 30 days; disputed promotee cannot join meanwhile.. T DAMODARA MURTHY vs RAILWAY BOARD. CAT - ['Hyderabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/selection-related-representation-must-be-decided-after-hearing-within-30-days-disputed-pro-74b7e59a427b44978375388ee62d3c20.webp)
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![Prior NOCs cannot justify indefinitely withholding inter-railway transfers due to staffing shortages.. INDRA RAJ MEENA vs SOUTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/prior-nocs-cannot-justify-indefinitely-withholding-inter-railway-transfers-due-to-staffing-3f18391af483410b9cdd3b1367a9e56b.webp)
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![No further pay fixation is admissible on promotion to a lower Grade Pay after higher MACP upgradation.. G VENKATARAMAN vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/no-further-pay-fixation-is-admissible-on-promotion-to-a-lower-grade-pay-after-higher-macp-4bc717b98a044cbb98531469d5373acf.webp)
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![Employees of Railway Institutes and Clubs are not Railway employees; absorption claims are not maintainable.. BRIJESH KUMAR vs NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/employees-of-railway-institutes-and-clubs-are-not-railway-employees-absorption-claims-are-9a45d413f8eb406e859ecdc7ec816893.webp)
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![A void second marriage confers no spousal pension rights; family pension belongs to the first legally wedded wife.. Smt Archana Devi vs Union Of India. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-void-second-marriage-confers-no-spousal-pension-rights-family-pension-belongs-to-the-fir-6b695b7bc7c344ed9bcd77ce2b3b598a.webp)
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![Non-supply of defence documents vitiates disciplinary proceedings only upon proof of material prejudice.. K KULANDAIVEL vs M/o Communications. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/non-supply-of-defence-documents-vitiates-disciplinary-proceedings-only-upon-proof-of-mater-a700fbc94ae94cbcad6e7e37d0cac3aa.webp)
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![Selection does not confer an indefeasible right to appointment where bona fide administrative reasons justify non-filling of posts.. T N NITHYA vs Ut Of Pondicherry. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/selection-does-not-confer-an-indefeasible-right-to-appointment-where-bona-fide-administrat-90ce8a28986b4947995b861acd89877d.webp)
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![Pharmacists’ two-year financial upgradation must be counted while determining subsequent MACP benefits.. G BABU vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pharmacists-two-year-financial-upgradation-must-be-counted-while-determining-subsequent-ma-6f72dfeb5dba4591b13d737c40deb888.webp)
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![Respondents must consider the petitioner’s representation and issue a reasoned order within eight weeks.. NOOR MOHAMMAD RATHER vs Irrigation and Flood Control Department. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-must-consider-the-petitioners-representation-and-issue-a-reasoned-order-within-1d99eaa91a1a44f1bc8041dd36657451.webp)
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![Railway authorities must consider and dispose of the overtime allowance representation within 90 days.. DINOOP VO vs M/O RAILWAYS. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/railway-authorities-must-consider-and-dispose-of-the-overtime-allowance-representation-wit-c9b246f64c6c402aa61a0ab2b2e9cb7f.webp)
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![Pending overtime-allowance representation must be decided within 90 days without adjudicating entitlement.. LAJ P R vs SOUTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pending-overtime-allowance-representation-must-be-decided-within-90-days-without-adjudicat-83d763572a9c4c41ab19ffb62f27b628.webp)
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![Premature retirement under FR 56(j) by an incompetent authority is void and cannot be cured by subsequent rejection.. A V Prem Nath vs UNION OF INDIA. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/premature-retirement-under-fr-56-j-by-an-incompetent-authority-is-void-and-cannot-be-cured-4f270c9fd34d49cba81712f76910a65b.webp)
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![Administrative work-arrangement transfers within the same grade are not ordinarily open to employee challenge.. LINCE THOMAS vs PRINCIPAL CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER SOUTHERN RAILWAY CHENNAI. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/administrative-work-arrangement-transfers-within-the-same-grade-are-not-ordinarily-open-to-545f61387bec46a196e1a681d2656b84.webp)
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![Upgraded pay scales apply notionally from 1 January 1996 and actually from 21 April 2004, with arrears payable accordingly.. RAMA SHARMA vs M/O FINANCE. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/upgraded-pay-scales-apply-notionally-from-1-january-1996-and-actually-from-21-april-2004-w-f658533ac34a43b8b520f2d81b6df57a.webp)
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![Subsequent exoneration does not retrospectively invalidate a finalized promotion select list.. UNNIKRISHNAN M vs M/o Environment And Forests. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/subsequent-exoneration-does-not-retrospectively-invalidate-a-finalized-promotion-select-li-ce80a0e84f2f4887857271e8b4341c42.webp)
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![Recovery of alleged excess pay from a retired Group C employee’s gratuity is impermissible.. YOGENDRA PRASAD SHARMA vs Union Of India. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/recovery-of-alleged-excess-pay-from-a-retired-group-c-employees-gratuity-is-impermissible-ce9e867d3e924c1e8a23f8991bd63861.webp)
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![An ODL degree cannot satisfy recruitment rules expressly requiring a full-time degree.. DR S KANNAN vs INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED NUTRITION. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-odl-degree-cannot-satisfy-recruitment-rules-expressly-requiring-a-full-time-degree-ef146d4ec11d42c0a1c4f5a40142d3f0.webp)
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![Application disposed as infructuous after respondents issued a final seniority list addressing applicants’ grievance.. sHAKTI KUMAR vs HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE. CAT - ['Patna']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/application-disposed-as-infructuous-after-respondents-issued-a-final-seniority-list-addres-c9141930187b4079bed8c828896b58ce.webp)
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![Competent authority must decide a fresh representation by a reasoned order within 45 days.. Asha Devi vs EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY. CAT - ['Patna']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-a-fresh-representation-by-a-reasoned-order-within-45-days-5c98b865b7d4433b99eb02495ca9661b.webp)
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![Upgraded pay scales apply notionally from 1 January 1996 and actually from 21 April 2004.. P H HEMANTH KUMAR vs REVENUE. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/upgraded-pay-scales-apply-notionally-from-1-january-1996-and-actually-from-21-april-2004-df9263192700487d9daa8b3a6a399922.webp)
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![Post-superannuation challenge to dismissal fails; retiral benefits may be pursued only upon acquittal.. Manohar Prasad vs D/o Posts. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/post-superannuation-challenge-to-dismissal-fails-retiral-benefits-may-be-pursued-only-upon-952bb65805134b3eb584dc223c8196a7.webp)
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![An otherwise eligible unmarried daughter cannot be denied family pension solely for omission from service records.. Kumari Usha jain vs RAILWAY. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-otherwise-eligible-unmarried-daughter-cannot-be-denied-family-pension-solely-for-omissi-d5f0e6353cd1407ab0a1294bc657b4f1.webp)
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![Manifestly erroneous or ambiguous answer keys warrant cancellation and pro-rata marks for all candidates.. VIVEK SHARMA vs STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC). CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/manifestly-erroneous-or-ambiguous-answer-keys-warrant-cancellation-and-pro-rata-marks-for-18207181c8764ab9ab27e61eb25049d0.webp)
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![RTP service must be counted for consequential benefits of similarly situated employees, subject to verification.. Saroj Bala vs DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/rtp-service-must-be-counted-for-consequential-benefits-of-similarly-situated-employees-sub-4b978adf7d6e4eaf986d8d04a609dfe1.webp)
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![Subsequent EWS certificates cannot retrospectively establish eligibility for an earlier financial year.. Shrishti Singh vs GNCTD. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/subsequent-ews-certificates-cannot-retrospectively-establish-eligibility-for-an-earlier-fi-19c22ad9b9e243feb585bc688b2c47cd.webp)
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![An examination cannot be cancelled on suspicion absent cogent evidence of widespread malpractice.. KAMNA GUPTA vs KVS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-examination-cannot-be-cancelled-on-suspicion-absent-cogent-evidence-of-widespread-malpr-cd5b5ca997a74f33a595e3e6a5280ad7.webp)
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![A valid Government pension option cannot be retrospectively altered to impose IDA pension.. RAM ASHREY YADAV vs M/o Civil Aviation And Tourism. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-valid-government-pension-option-cannot-be-retrospectively-altered-to-impose-ida-pension-45bf7bdfebf14417beba764385d9e266.webp)
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![Authorities must decide pending representations on parity claims without the Tribunal adjudicating their merits.. Sanjeev Roy vs INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-decide-pending-representations-on-parity-claims-without-the-tribunal-adju-f887b470e515468e85dfd9bcdf7dddb4.webp)
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![An employee denied MACP for a below-benchmark APAR must first seek its upgradation from the competent authority.. Palash Kumar Roy vs CLW. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-employee-denied-macp-for-a-below-benchmark-apar-must-first-seek-its-upgradation-from-th-3974b5fad7984f32bf9fe7d245e95e64.webp)
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![Tribunal directed consideration of pending representations by a reasoned order, leaving merits and limitation open.. ARINDAM DAS vs BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/tribunal-directed-consideration-of-pending-representations-by-a-reasoned-order-leaving-mer-072e42ccfd214cb8b6d19c8b2d3e6bb3.webp)
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![Respondents directed to decide applicants’ representation through a reasoned, speaking order without adjudicating the merits.. Harisharan vs Culture. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-directed-to-decide-applicants-representation-through-a-reasoned-speaking-order-ca91c8a23a4742bc9c3eba6cce5b10f9.webp)
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![A transfer violating approved policy and effected by an incompetent committee is invalid.. Jayashree Talwar vs Dattopant Thengadi National Board For Workers Education & Development. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-transfer-violating-approved-policy-and-effected-by-an-incompetent-committee-is-invalid-68c01abe59c14c6799d69045deb1f0cc.webp)
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![Competent authorities must consider documented health constraints and constitute the employee’s medical board at Srinagar.. SHABNUM HUSSAIN BHAT vs DEFENCE. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authorities-must-consider-documented-health-constraints-and-constitute-the-emplo-cc94161800094543a5840ecb29e4875e.webp)
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![Competent authority must consider pending regularisation representations and issue a reasoned decision after individual verification.. Appal Raju vs HOME AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-consider-pending-regularisation-representations-and-issue-a-reaso-99199d31d2c04e0aa523e2609b979f95.webp)
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![A debarment for impersonation requires corroborative evidence beyond photo-analysis showing a 98% match.. MOHIT vs UNION OF INDIA. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-debarment-for-impersonation-requires-corroborative-evidence-beyond-photo-analysis-showin-226ea3e85713443cbcd47495f835c48d.webp)
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![Long-serving casual employees cannot be denied regularization when similarly situated workers have been regularized.. Amaresh Pati vs CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES. CAT - ['Cuttack']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/long-serving-casual-employees-cannot-be-denied-regularization-when-similarly-situated-work-08e3f3329ae64e5b8196b5fc147ed55b.webp)
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![Respondents must decide the applicants’ representation by a reasoned, speaking order within thirty days.. RAVEEN vs DSSSB (GNCTD). CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-must-decide-the-applicants-representation-by-a-reasoned-speaking-order-within-31a9528822c148e5ab5bc92cc46b574e.webp)
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![Compassionate appointment claims require fresh merits-based consideration where circumstances and comparative merit may change.. Anand Ambedkar vs DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/compassionate-appointment-claims-require-fresh-merits-based-consideration-where-circumstan-42d826e94c5c4bf4b3bd4680f6cbd304.webp)
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![Authorities must consider promotion claims and pass a reasoned, speaking order within eight weeks.. farooq ahmad dar vs FOREST ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-consider-promotion-claims-and-pass-a-reasoned-speaking-order-within-eight-6ab7706d54d94425b320ec82402ff85d.webp)
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![Authorities must permit a scheduled review medical examination before excluding a recruitment candidate declared medically unfit.. POOJA vs HOME AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-permit-a-scheduled-review-medical-examination-before-excluding-a-recruitm-8c6acc1ed9764b4783ee24e744ab65d7.webp)
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![Similarly situated Laboratory Attendants are entitled to equivalent pay-scale and ACP benefits, subject to eligibility.. Chaman Lall vs Education. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/similarly-situated-laboratory-attendants-are-entitled-to-equivalent-pay-scale-and-acp-bene-888ed0be7a204600a029e484ddf5176a.webp)
The applicant was initially appointed as a Laboratory Attendant on a temporary basis on 2 February 1987 and was confirmed in that post with effect from 2 February 1992.
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![Long-serving casual labourers performing regular duties must receive 1/30th minimum pay plus DA and be considered for regularization.. SMT S D SRIVASTAVA vs Archoelogical Survey Of India. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/long-serving-casual-labourers-performing-regular-duties-must-receive-1-30th-minimum-pay-pl-545c373533744ff49cae0672d629ab9b.webp)
The applicant’s husband was working as a casual labourer in the Archaeological Survey of India and had been granted temporary status under the DoPT Office Memorandum dated 10 September 1993. He died while in service o...
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![Family pension claims cannot be rejected solely for absence of the spouse’s name in service records; thorough inquiry is mandatory.. SHAH BANO vs 508 ARMY BASE WORKSHOP. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/family-pension-claims-cannot-be-rejected-solely-for-absence-of-the-spouses-name-in-service-eba6be26a89b4a17841f9a6d42f72d40.webp)
The applicant claimed to be the legally wedded wife of late Sabir Hussain, a retired employee of the respondents’ department.
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![An appointee who accepts and joins an alternative Group C post cannot later claim the advertised post.. SANJEEV KUMAR vs NORTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-appointee-who-accepts-and-joins-an-alternative-group-c-post-cannot-later-claim-the-adve-deeae39864ed4f889830de2967054659.webp)
The applicant participated in the recruitment process conducted pursuant to Employment Notice No. 01/2018 for the post of Technician Grade III/Bridge and was included in the panel prepared by the Railway Recruitment B...
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![Courts should not interfere with intra-city administrative transfers absent proven mala fides or statutory violation.. Ravi Kant Pandey vs Department of Defence Production. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/courts-should-not-interfere-with-intra-city-administrative-transfers-absent-proven-mala-fi-07eee0bca6bc40c1b2ddafb3c7c02d22.webp)
The applicant, a Lower Division Clerk posted at the Controllerate of Quality Assurance (T&C), Kanpur, challenged the transfer order dated 30 June 2026 and relieving order dated 3 July 2026, by which he was transferred...
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![Courts cannot reappraise APAR gradings absent procedural illegality, arbitrariness, or proven bias.. Ramendra Tiwari vs Union Of India. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/courts-cannot-reappraise-apar-gradings-absent-procedural-illegality-arbitrariness-or-prove-2ed62f914c004646b35a42bd6f646e55.webp)
The applicant’s APAR gradings for 2006–07 and 2007–08 were recorded as “Good”, below the “Very Good” benchmark prescribed for promotion.
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![Termination of a GDS after three years requires compliance with prescribed disciplinary procedure and natural justice.. Dhirendra Kumar Mishra vs POST UP CIRCLE. CAT - ['Lucknow']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/termination-of-a-gds-after-three-years-requires-compliance-with-prescribed-disciplinary-pr-acfc15f0772c4fe89accffee1559caaa.webp)
The applicant was appointed as Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS), Jahnaipur, pursuant to a notification dated 12 February 2009 and an appointment order dated 25 June 2009. Following a complaint alleging that he was second in the...
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![Pending compassionate appointment claims are governed by amended rules requiring legally recognized adoption.. Mohamad Ibrahim Banday vs D/o General Administration Ut Of J&k. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pending-compassionate-appointment-claims-are-governed-by-amended-rules-requiring-legally-r-d755224cdde6404bb0519eb6ca7033bc.webp)
The applicant claimed to have been adopted during infancy by Kaloo Banday, a Muslim Government employee serving as a Helper in the Public Health Engineering Department, who died in harness on 15 February 2004.
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The applicant claimed to be the adopted son of Bashir Ahmad Teeli, an Assistant Lineman in the Public Health Engineering Department who died in harness on 13 July 2010.
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The applicant, a Class-IV Helper, was appointed in the respondent department with effect from 1 April 1994 and retired on 28 February 2025. During service, he was granted upgradation of pay under SRO-59 of 1990 with e...
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The applicant’s mother, Haseena Akhter, was serving as a Teacher in Zone P/S Larkipora (B) and died during active service on 16 December 2015.
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The applicant was engaged in 2005 as an Education Volunteer at an EGS Centre under the Rehbar-e-Taleem pattern.
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The applicant, J. James, retired as Technician Grade I (Welder), Southern Railway, on 30 November 2014, in PB-1 with Grade Pay of ₹2,800.
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The applicant was selected and appointed as a Constable by Order No. 2055 of 1997 dated 13 November 1997.
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The applicant, Nirmal Dev, was appointed on 1 June 1979 in the Controller of Stores/PCMM office, North-Eastern Railway, and was subsequently promoted through the same cadre along with Shri Shivakant Singh, who was jun...
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The applicants were substantive Group ‘D’ employees of the Railway Administration, appointed as Parcel Porters pursuant to directions of the Supreme Court.
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The applicant applied for engagement as a Gramin Dak Sevak (Branch Postmaster) and, after verification and training, joined the post at Galla Mandi on 4 July 2023.
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![Candidates scoring below the prescribed cutoff cannot claim appointment after completion of the recruitment process.. SITESH PRASAD vs Rrb (e Railway). CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/candidates-scoring-below-the-prescribed-cutoff-cannot-claim-appointment-after-completion-o-471401bad3d9424f8769be8f73f276a2.webp)
The applicant participated in the recruitment process conducted pursuant to Centralized Employment Notice No. 03/2012 issued by the Railway Recruitment Board (“RRB”) and appeared in the preliminary examination, which...
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