TRMONTHLY TRIBUNAL ARCHIVE
Read 240 LawLens analyses of Central Administrative Tribunal decisions published in September 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/seniors-cannot-claim-promotion-parity-where-juniors-possess-different-prescribed-qualifica-ecd40c1cd77b419dbddbca270566826e.webp)
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](/stories/thumbnails/interest-on-retiral-dues-cannot-be-claimed-afresh-after-prior-adjudication-without-an-inte-74ac750384254a758114f0d45e7de095.webp)
The applicant’s father was appointed as a Sepoy in the Central Excise Department on 3 May 1956. After suffering an accident while on duty in 1975, he allegedly became incapable of performing his duties. He sought disc...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/eligible-employees-retiring-before-the-increment-date-receive-a-notional-increment-solely-077c2ab83d794432bd393173ab5a5e68.webp)
The applicants were retired Central Government income-tax officials. Applicant No. 1 retired as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax on 30 June 2007, while Applicant No. 2 retired as Income Tax Officer on 30 June 2019.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/long-serving-whole-time-contingency-paid-employees-are-entitled-to-pension-despite-absence-40a3fde123464b01a362758d66f69240.webp)
Late Shri Ram Das Prajapati, husband of the applicant, was engaged by the Department of Posts as a Contingency Paid Gardner/Mali on 11 December 1977.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/recovery-of-excess-payment-from-a-group-c-employee-is-impermissible-absent-fraud-or-misrep-98268270b24a4a579bd5f15989ddd906.webp)
The applicant, originally engaged as an Extra Departmental Branch Postmaster on 21 November 1996, was promoted to the Postman cadre through the LDCE on 31 December 2022.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/pending-hra-recovery-litigation-does-not-preclude-payment-of-eligible-leave-encashment-wit-2a1dbabad4af44d9a7866c5505b2e81d.webp)
The applicant, Heera Singh Gill, was appointed as a Civil Motor Driver on 10 March 2005 and was not allotted government accommodation. Pursuant to the Ministry of Defence’s letter dated 13 June 2005, he was paid House...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/transfer-during-disciplinary-proceedings-is-not-punitive-absent-mala-fides-or-statutory-vi-b0b1b6f67ecc4b2c9338527192026ef0.webp)
The applicant, Saurabh Tiwari, was serving as a Senior Social Security Assistant at the EPFO Regional Office, Kanpur. By office order dated 17 July 2026, he was temporarily transferred from Kanpur to Gorakhpur for 120...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/over-aged-ex-casual-railway-labourers-are-entitled-to-8-lakh-compensation-instead-of-appoi-4d0451f9b27b4010818de71356b8709a.webp)
The 17 applicants were former casual labourers engaged under the Railway construction and other organisations between 1978–81 and thereafter.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/a-minor-penalty-disciplinary-authority-may-institute-proceedings-for-major-penalties-under-d19002deb576421394e09113faaedb87.webp)
The applicant, a Barrack and Store Officer (BSO), Group ‘B’ Gazetted Officer in the Military Engineer Services, was posted at GE (West), Prayagraj.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/benefits-under-sro-149-once-extended-cannot-be-withdrawn-or-recovered-from-retired-employe-cf2d9e5dfd3e41f8af272574a2192cf6.webp)
The applicants, retired employees of the Jal Shakti Department, challenged communications issued by the respondents refusing to process their pension cases by taking into account the benefits allegedly available under...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/third-macp-must-grant-the-next-higher-grade-pay-not-repeat-the-existing-grade-pay-95a3f7cdddf2448db9fe813b66bb9677.webp)
The applicants were Tailors/Master Craftsmen (MCM) working at Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur. They had initially been appointed as Semi-Skilled Tailors in or around 1983, were subsequently designated as Skilled Wo...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-must-treat-the-application-as-a-representation-and-decide-it-by-a-reasoned-ord-b88a173793784f4dae643feb10e91a5b.webp)
The applicants, Prem Nath, Mohd. Wasim and Ijod Hussain, sought consideration for promotion to the post of Chief Inspector in the Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/pay-fixation-under-rule-11-not-rule-7-applies-to-employees-promoted-before-revised-pay-ado-ff90b7d9eeba468e8f873872fd10d767.webp)
The applicants, Railway employees serving as Senior Section Officers (Accounts), were initially appointed as Junior Accounts Assistants, promoted as Accounts Assistants in the pre-revised scale of ₹5,500–9,000, and th...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/post-acquittal-representation-against-dismissal-must-be-considered-under-rule-12-by-the-co-c979b525ee9a4311a0f3bf3d9621b50c.webp)
The applicant, Vinit Yadav, a Delhi Police employee, was dismissed from service by order dated 16 September 2021 under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution, without holding a departmental inquiry, on account of his a...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/inordinate-and-unexplained-delay-bars-a-service-claim-subsequent-representations-cannot-re-a670c001c05f4abd8d3c3db7aa76045c.webp)
The applicant, holding B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry and a B.Ed., participated in the respondents’ selection process for the post of Lecturer (Chemistry) pursuant to the notification dated 5 July 2019. She was...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/successive-promotions-on-consecutive-days-render-the-employees-dni-pay-fixation-option-una-f9479108060a4e2fa61e6cd938c70da1.webp)
The Applicant, a retired Chief Telegraph Master, entered service as a Clerk on 8 December 1954 and was subsequently appointed as a Telegraphist on 18 May 1961. He retired on 30 June 1992. Having completed the requisit...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/tribunals-cannot-reassess-disciplinary-evidence-or-substitute-punishment-absent-procedural-6c8eef703dbe46eeb3b15fb60ea09a9c.webp)
The Applicant, appointed as a Khalasi on compassionate grounds in 1990, was transferred to Erode and later worked as Helper Grade-I.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/essential-qualifications-prescribed-by-recruitment-rules-cannot-be-relaxed-for-individual-76ab6c44979f46288769069ca81a78fa.webp)
The applicants, residents of Puducherry, were qualified for appointment as Guest Trained Graduate Teachers (English).
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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](/stories/thumbnails/retrospective-pay-fixation-cannot-be-restricted-to-association-members-similarly-situated-5adf363d07534b08be1528b5dbf1cf42.webp)
The applicants were retired Income Tax Department employees who had served as Inspectors of Income Tax and Income Tax Officers on 1 January 1996, and some were later promoted to higher posts before retirement.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-a-timely-representation-seeking-recruitment-rule-relaxatio-e98b397561e441179fccf5cca7d1f8df.webp)
The 45 applicants, serving as TGTs/PGTs in the Directorate of Education, GNCTD, challenged the Vice Principal Recruitment Rules, 2018 and UPSC Special Advertisement No. 51/2026 insofar as they allegedly required TGTs/...
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![Departmental dismissal cannot rest solely on a coerced confession without corroborating evidence.. THOMTE THANGCHINKHUP vs EXTERNEL AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/departmental-dismissal-cannot-rest-solely-on-a-coerced-confession-without-corroborating-ev-e41dca5caf9e4f43a67cd77ce87f8675.webp)
The applicant, who served as an Assistant/Assistant (Accounts) at the Embassy of India, Seoul from 5 August 2005 to 30 September 2008, was proceeded against under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 for alleged defal...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/administrative-delay-cannot-prejudice-promotion-eligible-service-awards-must-be-considered-2af0edd7f14e4375b038bac9ffcc8a9d.webp)
The applicant, an employee of Northern Railway, applied for selection to three posts of Staff & Welfare Inspector under the 35% Limited Departmental Competitive Examination quota pursuant to notification dated 25 Augu...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-decide-nps-to-ops-conversion-representations-by-reasoned-orders-under-app-809952c7ff2741f6b57fe744eeaf1362.webp)
The applicant, Smt. Shunita Devi, widow of Late Umed Singh, filed an Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, challenging the respondents’ failure to extend the Old GPF/Pension...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/judicial-review-of-dpc-assessments-is-limited-absent-arbitrariness-mala-fides-or-illegalit-61c212d222254c44813ba93c41fb678c.webp)
The applicant was enrolled as a Constable (Executive) in the Delhi Police on 15.10.1991 and promoted as Head Constable (Executive) in 2006. His service record contained a “C”/adverse ACR for 2014–15, based, inter alia...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/permanent-100-pension-cut-upheld-for-thirteen-years-of-unauthorised-absence-5a30f00b32214f8b9d25125648f6de62.webp)
The applicant, a railway employee who joined service in 1964, was working as Chief Inspector of Works at Railway Coach Factory, Kapurthala (“RCF”). He was repatriated to Northern Railway by order dated 20 March 1991 a...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/mere-fir-pendency-cannot-justify-withholding-leave-encashment-absent-statutory-proceedings-f4cf0b3972a4443fafc73124c56877d2.webp)
The applicant, a retired Senior Assistant in the Health and Medical Education Department, superannuated on 30 September 2017. Although his pensionary benefits were sanctioned, his claim for leave salary/cash equivalen...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/an-expired-noc-confers-no-vested-right-to-inter-divisional-transfer-or-joining-7f3d9c99bac5461a852edd3658f47922.webp)
The applicant, an ST-category employee posted as a Loco Pilot (Goods) in the Guntakal Division of South Central Railway, sought an own-request inter-divisional transfer to the Kota Division of West Central Railway.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/upgraded-pay-from-1-january-1996-must-be-granted-where-facts-mirror-binding-precedent-32d55119321c4dcca3ac9a369a12cf36.webp)
The applicant, an Inspector/Superintendent under the Department of Revenue, challenged the respondents’ decision dated 28 August 2025 granting him the upgraded pay scale of ₹6,500–10,500 with effect from 21 April 2004...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/identically-situated-inspectors-and-superintendents-qualify-for-upgraded-pay-scales-notion-38cd9d379f5243be8428b74084f1715a.webp)
The applicant, an employee under the Department of Revenue, challenged the grant of an upgraded/revised pay scale from 21 April 2004 instead of 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](/stories/thumbnails/challenge-to-a-charge-memo-is-premature-where-alleged-private-conduct-could-constitute-mis-61fe70abfb3b48d7afd4303f297fa837.webp)
The applicant, an IPS officer, challenged the fresh charge memorandum dated 11 November 2024 issued under Rule 8(1) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, concerning allegations arising from hi...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/upon-exoneration-sealed-cover-recommendations-require-notional-promotion-from-the-immediat-c3a3499ea447486db7a495a5c2c89174.webp)
The applicant joined the Puducherry Electricity Department as Tester Grade-II in 1984 and was appointed as Junior Engineer in 1986. He possessed a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a B.E. degree in Electrical and...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/judicial-review-cannot-reappraise-disciplinary-evidence-absent-natural-justice-violations-fae3436265324ba49311406838a126ad.webp)
The Applicant, an Assistant Audit Officer and member of Civil Party 4, participated in the audit of the Joint Director of Health Services, Krishnagiri, from 1 September 2014 to 12 September 2014.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/removal-of-a-teacher-for-proved-misconduct-toward-female-students-upheld-inquiry-satisfied-3515396e4d7a48649f87de8dc71fb35c.webp)
The applicant, a Trained Graduate Teacher in the Puducherry Education Department, was transferred to Akka Swamigal Government Middle School, Vaithikuppam. He was suspended on 20 March 2017 pending disciplinary proceed...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/judicial-review-cannot-reassess-disciplinary-evidence-absent-procedural-unfairness-pervers-ead06001ad924e5aa2b69cde374a440b.webp)
The applicant, an Assistant Audit Officer, was deputed to audit the Joint Director of Health Services, Krishnagiri, from 1–12 September 2014.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/an-employees-nepp-option-to-retain-bcr-promotion-is-binding-and-precludes-claiming-earlier-e9b4aa92b6004d1f9cfa44faf4580220.webp)
The applicants, who entered service as Linemen in the erstwhile Department of Telecommunications in 1981, were promoted as Telecom Mechanics in 1997 and granted OTBP on 1 December 1998. After BSNL was constituted on 1...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/removal-is-proportionate-for-proven-misappropriation-of-public-funds-after-adequate-discip-e228755dcc274e1d813eee6c82b6d06a.webp)
The applicant was appointed as an Extra Departmental Delivery Agent in 1997 and was subsequently accommodated as a GDS Branch Postmaster at Thottivalasu Branch Office.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/a-higher-qualification-cannot-cure-non-compliance-with-expressly-prescribed-essential-qual-d6c74114de6748bb814e7f52bb9ecb12.webp)
The Staff Selection Commission issued a recruitment notification for Statistical Investigator Grade-II in the Office of the Registrar General of India. Clause 8.3.1 required a bachelor’s degree in any subject with Sta...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/seniority-cannot-be-retrospectively-claimed-for-a-period-when-the-employee-was-not-borne-o-2b43c4f87a974af48250578b94752e56.webp)
The applicant was selected for appointment as a Lower Division Clerk (LDC) in the Government of Puducherry and was placed at Rank No. 192 in the 2001 selection list.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/long-service-as-a-voucher-paid-driver-does-not-confer-a-right-to-regularisation-ac577d9b279246e491a1d9a7a9a516c2.webp)
The applicant claimed that he had worked continuously as a Daily Rated Driver, Grade-III, from 14 February 2006 and sought regularisation from the date on which similarly situated Drivers were regularised, along with...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/essential-qualifications-prescribed-by-recruitment-rules-cannot-be-relaxed-for-individual-12df0d8724554159a2648dc5396c0dca.webp)
The applicants, residents of Puducherry, were qualified for appointment as Guest Trained Graduate Teachers (English).
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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](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-decide-the-pensionary-claim-for-five-year-qualifying-service-addition-thr-b4a9947647224ed28e720b9a8ccfb950.webp)
The applicant, initially employed by the Fallah-i-Aam Trust, was appointed as a teacher in the J&K Education Department on 15 April 1991 and was allegedly regularised in 2004. He voluntarily retired on health grounds...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/erroneous-family-pension-recovery-must-be-quashed-where-the-revised-ppo-confirms-no-overpa-5c2b70fe8ea8462599b030ed7b490410.webp)
The applicant’s husband, Indu Bhushan Kashyap, retired from Northern Railway on 30 September 2007 and died on 16 October 2013. The applicant thereafter received family pension.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/retired-sai-employees-are-entitled-to-medical-reimbursement-at-serving-employee-rates-wher-09406fafaf984dc288e44d07f5ac3ec7.webp)
The applicant, a retired Hockey Coach of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), retired on 31 August 2016. His wife, who suffered from a kidney ailment, died on 14 October 2020. In October 2020, the applicant submitted...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/casual-labourers-cannot-claim-regularization-without-documentary-proof-of-continuous-servi-1a4d7f9a82704101b014bd53e359cce4.webp)
Thirty-nine applicants claimed to have been engaged as Need Based Casual Labourers in the Jal Shakti Department on different dates from 2006–2007 and to have continuously worked thereafter. They relied on departmental...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/tribunal-permits-withdrawal-of-transfer-challenge-with-liberty-to-pursue-remedies-in-accor-789e2a4e280048dd9b2479a21f6431e8.webp)
The applicant, an Office Superintendent posted in New Delhi, challenged the transfer order dated 22 July 2026 transferring him from Delhi to Mumbai.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/a-party-cannot-seek-review-after-consenting-to-directions-absent-an-error-apparent-on-the-d6622f3cc5ac47eb86bec41158f10c93.webp)
Ajay Kumar had filed OA No.1257/2026 challenging his declaration as medically unfit for appointment as Constable (Executive) in Delhi Police on compassionate grounds, based on the findings of the Detailed Medical Exam...
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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](/stories/thumbnails/contractual-teachers-services-shall-continue-pending-reasoned-decisions-on-their-regulariz-b015cb080c974a60b246560a1127309c.webp)
The 20 applicants were working as contractual Primary Teachers—Hindi or Urdu—with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), having been appointed between 2008 and 2013.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-the-applicants-eligibility-representation-through-a-reason-cd1574a3caa54f528b0bd8dcc494c3af.webp)
The applicant applied for the post of Workshop Technician Grade-II (R&AL) under the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE)-2024.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/one-time-relaxation-under-recruitment-rules-cannot-benefit-employees-appointed-after-their-a9d219c9435b46099da9c608a105ed32.webp)
The applicants were working as Tax Assistants in the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). Four applicants were subsequently promoted as Executive Assistants during the pendency of the proceedings.
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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](/stories/thumbnails/a-fresh-disciplinary-inquiry-cannot-be-ordered-merely-to-cure-evidentiary-omissions-in-a-c-6431f01ada6943f2b152b658e10d8535.webp)
The applicant, a Surveyor with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), was served with a charge memorandum dated 24 January 2014 under Regulation 25 of the DDA Conduct, Disciplinary and Appeal Regulations, 1999.
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The applicant, an employee of the Engine Factory, Avadi, was initially appointed as a Labourer (Unskilled/Labourer ‘B’). After passing a trade test, he moved to the post of Press Operator (Semi-Skilled) with effect fr...
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The applicant, a DASS Grade I officer, was appointed as DASS Grade II in 2007 and promoted with effect from 1 January 2013.
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The applicant applied for appointment as Staff Nurse pursuant to the respondent’s notification dated 18 May 2001.
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Late Pradip Kumar Thapa, an Ex-Fitter employed at 507 Army Base Workshop, died in harness on 18 January 2020, leaving behind his widow, Smt. Radha Thapa, and son, Palas Thapa.
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The applicants were the spouses and legal heirs of deceased employees who had served as Inspectors/Preventive Officers/Examiners and Superintendents in the Central Excise and Customs Departments.
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The applicant, Smt. Geeta Devi, claimed to have married Late Shri Janmejay Verma, a Loco Pilot in the Northern Railway, on 25 August 2007 and had two children with him.
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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...
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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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The applicant’s father, Sakbar Khan, a Railway Gangman, died in harness in 2002.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The twelve applicants, employees of the Northern Railway, sought financial upgradation under the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme by treating the period of training preceding their appointment as qual...
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The applicants were Clerks/Junior Assistants appointed in various departments of the Chandigarh Administration before the introduction of the Common Cadre Recruitment Rules, 2015.
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The applicant, Km. Rehana Begum, claimed to be the unmarried daughter of Late Mohammad Yameen, a retired employee of the Ordnance Clothing Factory, Shahjahanpur, who died on 3 July 1999 while receiving pension from th...
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The applicant challenged the Staff Selection Commission’s final selection list dated 06.07.2018 for the post of Assistant Archivist pursuant to Advertisement No. ER-02/2015, alleging that ineligible candidates had bee...
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The applicant claimed that he had initially been engaged under a contractor at Rourkela Steel Plant on 01.01.1983 and thereafter continued as contract labour through different contractors until 31.08.1994.
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The applicant, formerly a Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster, qualified in the 2015 Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for appointment to the Postman cadre.
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The applicant was initially appointed by HLL Lifecare Limited as Business Development Executive-III on a fixed-term contractual basis on 30 June 2012 and was subsequently appointed/promoted as Business Development Exe...
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The applicant, a retired Draftsman Grade-I of the Survey of India, superannuated on 31 August 2014.
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The six applicants were appointed as Junior Engineers (Electrical) in the Power Development Department in 2009 and, following reorganisation, their services were allocated to the Union Territory of Ladakh.
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The applicant’s father died on 10 October 2000.
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The applicant, an Additional Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, challenged the Internal Complaints Committee’s report dated 30 April 2021 and the charge memorandum dated 11 December 2021...
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The applicant was appointed as a Khalasi on compassionate grounds in 1993 following the death of his father in harness. He was promoted as Cable Jointer in 2001 and subsequently placed in Cable Jointer Grade-II pursua...
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Dhunni Lal, an employee working as a Gateman under the Northern Railway, died on 9 October 2002. The applicant, his nephew, claimed Dhunni Lal’s settlement dues on the basis of a Will dated 18 June 1998. As the applic...
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The applicant was engaged as a casual labourer/mail escort on 27 June 1988 in the Baripada–Deuli mail line. He claimed entitlement to temporary status and consequential regularisation under the Department of Posts’ Ca...
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![Continuous temporary-status service under Rule 154(a) qualifies for pension despite no formal regularisation.. RAM LAL vs POST UP CIRCLE. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/continuous-temporary-status-service-under-rule-154-a-qualifies-for-pension-despite-no-form-557b1d451d664be7a1658d09c1192da9.webp)
The applicant was engaged as a Contingency Paid Chowkidar in the Department of Posts on 06.09.1986 and was granted temporary status on 10.07.1991.
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The applicant, a Technician-I (Telecom) in North Frontier Railway, participated in a selection conducted under the 20% Limited Departmental Competitive Examination quota for one post of Junior Engineer (Telecom). The...
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The applicant was appointed as Stenographer Grade-III in the Mumbai Region on 24 February 2009 and was promoted as Stenographer Grade-II by order dated 2 January 2014.
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The applicant was appointed as a Tax Assistant in the Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Region on 15.09.2010.
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The applicant was appointed as a Tax Assistant under the Mumbai Region on 1 January 2008 and was promoted as Senior Tax Assistant on 21 August 2012.
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The applicant, a Scientist ‘D’ in the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), was posted at the South Western Region, Bengaluru, since 2021.
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The applicant, an Operation Theatre Assistant/Dresser-II at K.G. Hospital, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, claimed pay parity and promotional avenues comparable to Operation Theatre Assistants/Technicians in institutio...
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![A belated post-retirement claim for promotional benefits was dismissed.. HUSSASIN ANSARI vs POSTS. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-belated-post-retirement-claim-for-promotional-benefits-was-dismissed-74f90db298ff47afbf7cec68c49f00a7.webp)
The applicant was appointed as a cleaner on 17 May 1982 and was subsequently promoted to Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade), Grade-II and Grade-I, with substantive entry into the Ordinary Grade on 1 March 1987. He was...
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![Competent authority must decide the pending representation through a reasoned and speaking order.. Digamber Karmali vs S E Railway. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-the-pending-representation-through-a-reasoned-and-speaking-5d34f4510210475293eefde98dd661a3.webp)
The applicant, a Loco Pilot (Mail/Express) with South Eastern Railway, passed the Bhadrak Home Signal at Danger while operating Train No. 12882 Down, attributing the incident to dense fog.
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The applicants were Inspectors/Preventive Officers/Examiners and Superintendents/Appraisers in the Central Excise and Customs Departments, or legal heirs of deceased employees. Before 1 January 1996, Inspectors/Preven...
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The applicant, a retired Assistant Postmaster, was granted MACP-II with effect from 1 September 2008, and MACP-III became due from 1 September 2018.
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The applicants were serving or retired employees, or the spouse of a deceased employee, who had held the posts of Inspector of Central Excise/Preventive Officer/Examiner and Superintendent of Central Excise/Appraiser.
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The 40 applicants, employees under the respondent Income Tax Department, approached the Central Administrative Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking refixation of their pay under...
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![A married daughter qualifies for compassionate appointment only upon proving wholly dependent status at the employee’s death.. RADHA KUSHWAH vs POSTS. CAT - ['Jabalpur']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-married-daughter-qualifies-for-compassionate-appointment-only-upon-proving-wholly-depend-f547e96b7b8c4718aee4400932a5038d.webp)
The applicant’s father, a Gramin Dak Sevak, died in harness on 22 September 2016, leaving behind one son and four daughters; all the children were married at the relevant time.
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The applicants were selected through the J&K Service Selection Board pursuant to Advertisement Notice No. 03 of 2007 and appointed as Librarians in the ITI Sector in 2009 against nine posts created under the Prime Min...
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![Competent authority must decide pending land-loser appointment representations by a reasoned order within three months.. MANAS KUMAR SANTRA vs SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-pending-land-loser-appointment-representations-by-a-reason-c86f10637f4243fa93936154f01e540c.webp)
The applicants, Manas Kumar Santra and Proloy Kumar Santra, approached the Central Administrative Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking appointment for Applicant No. 2 under the...
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The applicant was initially appointed as a Telegraph Messenger in the Department of Posts on 17 March 1984, was subsequently absorbed/adjusted as an EDR on 29 March 1995, and was promoted as MTS on 21 February 2017.
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The applicants, residents of Purba Medinipur, approached the Central Administrative Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking appointment of Applicant No. 2 under the Railway’s land-...
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![Recurring Hospital Patient Care Allowance claims warrant condonation of delay in filing the application.. Pushpa Arya vs M/O DEFENCE. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/recurring-hospital-patient-care-allowance-claims-warrant-condonation-of-delay-in-filing-th-84cdc507c1804969a4f53cfba01dc53a.webp)
The applicant, Pushpa Arya, was working as a Female Attendant at the Family Welfare Centre (CL-II), Military Hospital, Ranikhet.
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![Contempt proceedings cannot adjudicate promotion claims beyond the scope of the original litigation.. DEEPAK vs Sanjay Singh and another M/O URBAN DEVELOPMENT. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/contempt-proceedings-cannot-adjudicate-promotion-claims-beyond-the-scope-of-the-original-l-ac64919ebfd8433789b93f121d03e5ef.webp)
The applicants instituted contempt petitions alleging non-compliance with directions issued by the Tribunal in the underlying original applications.
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![Respondents must decide pending representations through a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks.. Smt Parwati Rathor vs NORTHERN RAILWAY. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-must-decide-pending-representations-through-a-reasoned-and-speaking-order-with-86f4aab98b974d32ae0a1d392685e517.webp)
The applicant, Smt. Parwati Rathor, Chief Nursing Superintendent at Northern Railway Central Hospital, approached the Tribunal concerning deficiencies in the accommodation allotted to her.
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The applicants, serving and retired Group ‘B’ officers of the India Meteorological Department, including Meteorologists ‘A’ and ‘B’ and one Scientific Officer, had reached Grade Pay (GP) ₹4,800 through regular promoti...
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![Pre-2004 GDS service counts toward qualifying service for the Old Pension Scheme after regular appointment.. SATYA PAL SINGH vs POSTS. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pre-2004-gds-service-counts-toward-qualifying-service-for-the-old-pension-scheme-after-reg-cdd85109568546c3898f004f00c64311.webp)
The applicant was engaged as an Extra-Departmental Branch Postmaster (EDBPM)/Gramin Dak Sevak at Village Baparsi, Meerut, in 1979, and assumed charge on 4 September 1979.
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The applicant was appointed as a Health Inspector on 28 November 1995 and was subsequently promoted as Food Inspector on 10 September 1999.
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The applicants participated in the recruitment process initiated by Eastern Railway through Employment Notice No. 0110 dated 14.12.2010 for erstwhile Group ‘D’ posts carrying Grade Pay of Rs. 1,800.
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![Railways must prepare replacement panels and consider eligible candidates for vacancies caused by non-joining.. SURAJ KANTI PAL vs RAILWAY RECRUITMENT CELL(E R). CAT - ['Kolkata']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/railways-must-prepare-replacement-panels-and-consider-eligible-candidates-for-vacancies-ca-c00c829d86fa46219146db1ce3c95880.webp)
The applicants participated in the recruitment process initiated by Eastern Railway through Employment Notice No. 0110 dated 14.12.2010 for erstwhile Group ‘D’ posts carrying Grade Pay of Rs. 1,800.
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The applicant, a Goods Guard in the East Central Railway, fell ill and was declared medically unfit for train-running and passing duties by the Divisional Medical Committee on 5 November 2015.
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![Railway administration may order re-medical examination where an employee’s prior medical assessment is doubtful.. Gautam Kumar vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/railway-administration-may-order-re-medical-examination-where-an-employees-prior-medical-a-48c569f551a048e18f303ec7c3e888d3.webp)
The applicant, a Railway Technician appointed in 2011, was declared medically unfit for train-running and passing duties by the Divisional Medical Committee on 19 January 2016.
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The applicant, a Railway employee who ultimately served as a Hospital Attendant, retired on superannuation on 31 August 2015.
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![Competent Authority Directed to Reconsider Pay-Fixation Claims and Pass a Reasoned, Speaking Order. Ashish kuntal and other vs DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-directed-to-reconsider-pay-fixation-claims-and-pass-a-reasoned-speakin-70e41b14f630411085391e53111aeb3c.webp)
The 19 applicants are employees serving as T/Mates at the Central Ordnance Depot, Agra. They sought fixation of pay under the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, in accordance with their option for fixation under Fundament...
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![Railway Administration may recover damage rent from DCRG for unauthorised post-retirement quarter retention.. Devendra Kumar Bharadwaj vs General Manager N C Rly. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/railway-administration-may-recover-damage-rent-from-dcrg-for-unauthorised-post-retirement-4c388fac6f874675aee865b9548cbf57.webp)
The applicant, a retired Senior Section Engineer of North Central Railway, was granted voluntary retirement after more than 32 years of service pursuant to the Tribunal’s earlier directions in O.A. No. 70 of 2018.
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Ram Singh Rathore, a railway employee, sought grant of the 3rd financial upgradation under the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme.
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The ten applicants, railway employees, filed the Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, challenging the speaking order dated 26 February 2026 and the related letter dated 10 F...
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![Authorities must provide reasoned reconsideration of answer-key objections before deciding promotion on merit.. Aniruddha Kumar Shukla vs General Manager N C Rly. CAT - ['Allahabad']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-provide-reasoned-reconsideration-of-answer-key-objections-before-deciding-4684c8f142384979ac668bef80ecead4.webp)
The applicant challenged the panel dated 23 August 2018 for promotion to the post of Loco Inspector in Pay Matrix Level-7, Grade Pay of ₹4,600, pursuant to the notification dated 11 January 2016.
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The applicant, Ankit Singh, was a candidate for appointment as Constable (Driver), Male, in the Delhi Police.
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![Respondents must decide the PE&MT disqualification representation by a reasoned speaking order within 30 days.. SHEETAL vs UNION OF INDIA. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/respondents-must-decide-the-pe-mt-disqualification-representation-by-a-reasoned-speaking-o-076cc8095adc4fd1bc59dc6f799bde1a.webp)
The applicant, Sheetal, aged about 23 years, applied for recruitment to the post of Constable (Executive) Female in the Delhi Police Examination, 2025, pursuant to the Examination Notification dated 22 September 2025.
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The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board issued Advertisement No. 05/2024 dated 05.03.2024 for the post of Assistant Director (Horticulture), Post Code 28/24.
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![Withdrawal of premature retirement orders entails consequential service benefits, while permitting fresh orders in accordance with law.. Naveen Prakash Nimesh vs STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED (SAIL). CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/withdrawal-of-premature-retirement-orders-entails-consequential-service-benefits-while-per-560b0f47840c46c98d9b555985cfc168.webp)
The applicant, Shri Naveen Prakash Nimesh, an AGM in the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), challenged an order dated 11 February 2025 prematurely retiring him under Rule 4.0(3) of the SAIL Conduct, Discipline and...
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The applicant, belonging to the Unreserved category, applied for the post of TGT (Natural Science) (Male), Post Code 35/21, pursuant to DSSSB Advertisement No. 02/21 dated 12 May 2021. He appeared in the computer-base...
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The applicant, a Gramin Dak Sewak Branch Post Master (GDSBPM), was charge-sheeted under Rule 10 of the GDS (Conduct and Employment) Rules, 2001, for alleged misappropriation of three Money Order amounts by forging the...
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![Unrecognized Uttar Pradesh State Open School certificates do not establish eligibility for GDS appointment.. Madan Lal Swami vs M/o Communications. CAT - ['Jodhpur']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/unrecognized-uttar-pradesh-state-open-school-certificates-do-not-establish-eligibility-for-f00b09a136674ee7a60a113bea4ceda7.webp)
The applicants challenged their non-selection for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) pursuant to the Department of Posts’ advertisement dated 3 March 2016.
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The applicant’s father, Bashir Ahmad Akhoon, was employed as a Junior Foreman (Horticulture) with the Archaeological Survey of India and died in service on 21 April 2008, leaving behind his wife, one daughter, and thr...
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The applicants, three postal employees holding the post of Postmaster Grade-I, were promoted to Postmaster Grade-II on an ad hoc basis for eleven months by order dated 10 June 2016, pursuant to a one-time relaxation o...
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The applicant, an employee of the Department of Posts, was promoted from Postmaster Grade-I to Postmaster Grade-II on an ad hoc basis for eleven months by order dated 10 June 2016.
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The applicant, a Senior Auditor in the Defence Accounts Department, had been posted in Delhi since May 2016 and was last posted at the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, New Delhi.
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The applicant, a retired Postal Assistant, claimed that he was appointed in the Postal Department on 04.01.1983 on a regular and permanent post and that variations in his name in departmental records referred to the s...
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The applicants, Data Processing Assistant Grade ‘B’ employees of the National Crime Records Bureau, sought retrospective promotion and regularisation from the dates on which they claimed to have completed the requisit...
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The applicant was initially placed on deputation by order dated 29 July 2021 for one year.
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The applicant, an Assistant Engineer in the Public Works (R&B) Department, had been deputed to the Public Health Engineering/I&FC Department and subsequently recalled by his parent department and deputed to the Srinag...
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The applicant, an Assistant Loco Pilot/Loco Pilot (Goods) in the North Central Railway, was medically decategorised on 11.12.2017 and found unfit for foot-plate duties, but fit for alternative employment in A-2 and be...
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The applicant challenged his “Average” grading in the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for 2011–2012.
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The applicant, initially appointed as a Class-IV employee, was regularized in service on 9 January 1996 and subsequently promoted on an officiating basis to the post of Driver in 2018.
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Applicant No. 1, a Railway employee appointed on compassionate grounds and subsequently working as Senior Clerk after medical decategorisation, suffered from severe cardiac disease and a 62% permanent hearing disability.
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The South Eastern Railway issued a notification dated 23 February 2017 to fill 34 posts of Intermediate Apprentice Mechanics/Junior Engineer (Mechanical) under the 25% promotional quota.
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The applicant, Jugla Saran Tiwari, was employed as a Gramin Dak Sevak/Postmaster in the Postal Department. A charge-sheet was issued to him on 3 January 1997 for alleged violations of Rule 17 of the EDA (Conduct and S...
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![Review lies only for a demonstrated error apparent or new evidence, not reargued factual distinctions.. THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF TELECOMMUNICATION NEW DELHI vs P V KRISHNAKUMAR. CAT - ['Ernakulam']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/review-lies-only-for-a-demonstrated-error-apparent-or-new-evidence-not-reargued-factual-di-0a276a3567984379bbb61b1cdb12b97b.webp)
The Review Applicants—primarily Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and its officers—sought review of the common order dated 25 August 2025 passed in the connected Original Applications concerning the service claims of the r...
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![Authorities must consider casual labourers’ claims under applicable schemes and release legitimately earned unpaid wages.. Asif Ahmad Rather vs D/o Tourism Ut Of J&k. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-consider-casual-labourers-claims-under-applicable-schemes-and-release-leg-47600bb03dea4bafac8929664d00c187.webp)
The applicants in the lead matter and the connected transfer applications claimed to have been engaged as casual labourers by the Tourism Department between 2007 and 2014 and to have worked at various tourist establis...
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The applicant, a retired Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the Military Engineer Services, joined service as a Junior Engineer (Civil) on 26 March 1973 and retired on 30 September 2009 after more than 36 years of service.
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The applicant, a retired Chief Enquiry-cum-Reservation Supervisor of Northern Railway, superannuated on 31.08.2021.
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The ten applicants were initially appointed as Store Keepers and were subsequently promoted through the posts of Senior Store Keeper, Store Superintendent and Senior Store Superintendent, ultimately retiring as Ordnan...
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![Courts cannot direct age relaxation; the competent authority must decide such relaxation in accordance with applicable rules.. Mahjabeena Akhter vs D/o Civil Secretariat, J& K. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/courts-cannot-direct-age-relaxation-the-competent-authority-must-decide-such-relaxation-in-4424da32661047168e59cad78bc8cf6b.webp)
The applicant possessed a 10+2 qualification in Science and a four-year General Nursing Training qualification.
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![The 35-year minimum age applies equally to both promotional channels.. DURGESH KUMAR PANDEY vs DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/the-35-year-minimum-age-applies-equally-to-both-promotional-channels-fe21c752b3b04c17ae6beff7b9ce36f3.webp)
The 27 applicants were serving as Primary Teachers (PRTs) in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and sought consideration for promotion to the post of Headmaster.
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The applicant applied pursuant to the MCD advertisement dated 23 August 2003 for appointment as Medical Officer, was selected, and joined as General Duty Medical Officer-II after appointment proceedings completed in 2...
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The applicant joined CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad as Junior Secretariat Assistant on 19 July 2016 and was promoted as Senior Secretariat Assistant with effect from 1 January 2020. He was also appointed Assistant Section Offic...
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The applicant, appointed as a Clerk on 6 April 1990 and later promoted as Senior Assistant, possessed B.A., B.Ed. qualifications with Hindi as an elective subject and claimed eligibility for promotion as Mistress (Hin...
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The applicant, a Clerk in the Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration, applied on 2 July 2025 for out-of-turn government accommodation on medical grounds, citing his father’s severe road accident and s...
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The 14 applicants were serving as Primary Teachers (PRTs) in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and sought consideration for promotion to Headmaster.
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The applicants, serving as Inspectors of Central Excise, challenged the respondents’ communication/order dated 1 July 2019 concerning the review of the Departmental Promotion Committee and apprehended reversion from t...
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The applicant, a retired Railway Carpenter (MCM), superannuated on 31 July 2024.
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The applicant, Ankit Kumar, had earlier been engaged as a Compassionate Ground Substitute Paryavaran Sahayak (Safai Karamchari) in Ward No. 231/23E of the erstwhile East Delhi Municipal Corporation.
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The petitioner, Saiem Iqbal, a minor, approached the Tribunal through his paternal uncle seeking consideration for compassionate appointment under SRO-43 of 1994, following the death-in-harness of his father, Mohammad...
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Late Shivnath Tantubai, a Railway employee, died in service on 08.02.2006. His first wife had predeceased him, leaving two unmarried daughters; he subsequently married the applicant, Smt. Alpana Tantubai, in 1994, and...
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The applicant, a Postal Assistant initially posted in Contai Division, was transferred to Kolkata GPO on his own request in 2023.
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The applicants, namely Minakshi Yadav @ Meenu, Nitesh Kumar @ Raja Munna, and Nagesh Kumar, claimed pension and post-retiral benefits arising from the service of their deceased father, Late Ramchandra Prasad, a Chauki...
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The applicants were employees of ICAR-CPCRI, Regional Station, Krishnapuram.
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The applicant, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Central Tax and Central Excise, had joined service as an Inspector in 1984 and was subsequently promoted as Superintendent and Assistant Commissioner. His pay was fixed...
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The 90 petitioners instituted a contempt petition alleging non-compliance with the directions issued in OA No. 1277/2018.
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The petitioners, serving or formerly serving employees/teachers under the Chandigarh Administration, instituted Contempt Petition No. 106/2026 in connection with OA No. 1277/2018, alleging non-compliance with the dire...
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The applicant responded to the Railway Recruitment Cell’s advertisement dated 30 December 2013 for recruitment to Group ‘D’ posts and was selected for the post of Carriage Cleaner after clearing the selection stages.
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The applicant, Atul Kumar B. Solanki, was initially appointed on 11 February 2014 and was serving as a Sorting Assistant at SRO Bhuj, RMS “RJ” Division.
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The five applicants had initially joined the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as Community Workers (Part Time) between 1981 and 1984 and were subsequently regularized through separate office orders.
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The applicant, Sumit, was initially appointed as a Postal Assistant against the 2011–12 vacancy year and had been serving from 11 February 2014.
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The applicant, a Veterinary Officer/Veterinary Assistant Surgeon under the Government of NCT of Delhi, challenged the denial of financial upgradations under the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme.
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![Authorities must decide the representation and complete substantive appointment proceedings within four weeks, strictly according to law.. Dr Abdul Rehman vs HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Srinagar']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-decide-the-representation-and-complete-substantive-appointment-proceeding-16fa97be577546919495d2fedc2e938c.webp)
The applicant was initially appointed against a migrant vacancy in 1997 and his services were regularised in 2007.
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![Current office-holders must be impleaded to report complete compliance with subsisting tribunal directions.. Ms Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE & others vs DR AK SINGH. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/current-office-holders-must-be-impleaded-to-report-complete-compliance-with-subsisting-tri-076916923be345399da5ee6472acc735.webp)
The applicant, Dr. A.K. Singh, joined the Medical Stores Organisation under the Directorate General of Health Services in 1982. He alleged that his in-situ promotions were withheld because of departmental and criminal...
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The applicant, who served in the Intelligence Bureau and retired as Assistant Central Intelligence Officer-I, challenged the recovery of ₹1,59,900 from his retirement gratuity of ₹13,33,167 pursuant to PPO No. 2340823...
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The applicants, employees of Prasar Bharati/Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, challenged the speaking order-cum-recovery order dated 21.08.2024, whereby recovery of Special Duty Allowance (“SDA”) arrears paid to them for...
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![Selection is invalid when the Search-cum-Selection Committee violates mandatory requirements for external and domain-expert members.. DR JITENDRA KUMAR SAINI vs UNION OF INDIA. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/selection-is-invalid-when-the-search-cum-selection-committee-violates-mandatory-requiremen-a23d042b1abb45429bfbffc73215a9dd.webp)
The applicant, a senior medical officer at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), applied for the post of Director pursuant to the advertisement dated 13.12.2023 and was shortlisted a...
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The applicant was appointed as a Railway Khalasi on 03.07.1986 and was subsequently promoted to Senior Technician.
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The applicant, a Cypher Assistant in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), challenged the UPSC’s final result dated 24.07.2013 for the Combined Section Officers’/Stenographers’ Grade ‘B’/Grade ‘I’ Limited Department...
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The Railway Recruitment Board issued Centralised Employment Notice No. 01/2024 for recruitment to the post of Assistant Loco Pilot. The prescribed qualifications included Matriculation/SSLC with specified ITI or appre...
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![Continuous State Government service must be counted for Central MACP benefits after absorption.. SAROJ KUMARI vs HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/continuous-state-government-service-must-be-counted-for-central-macp-benefits-after-absorp-f8295db1202740b6b9b894eddff8f628.webp)
The applicant was initially appointed as an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) in the Haryana Government on an ad hoc basis on 02.07.1988, and her services were regularised with effect from 03.12.1990.
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The applicant, born on 09.04.1976 and belonging to the Unreserved category, had worked continuously as a TGT (Social Science) Guest Teacher with the Directorate of Education, GNCTD, since 2013.
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The 16 applicants were former railway Cashiers, Senior Cashiers, Inspectors Cashier, and cash-and-pay staff of North Central Railway.
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![Transfer was deferred pending a reasoned decision on the employee’s representation.. Neeraj Kumar vs DEFENCE. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/transfer-was-deferred-pending-a-reasoned-decision-on-the-employees-representation-73f5bc6c9fd348238ec6b1a4996b688b.webp)
Neeraj Kumar, a Senior Administrative Assistant posted at GE (E), Delhi Cantt., was elected Senior Vice-President of the recognised All India MES Admin Cadre and Ministerial Staff Association for the term from 1 March...
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The applicants were retired employees of the Department of Posts, Bihar Circle. Applicant No. 1 retired as Sub-Postmaster, Dighwara Sub-Office, on 30 June 2023; Applicant No. 2 retired as Sub-Postmaster, Jalalpur Baza...
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The applicant’s father, an employee of ICAR–Indian Veterinary Research Institute, retired on 31 March 1995 and died on 7 December 2012. Her mother had predeceased him on 26 June 2005. Claiming to be the deceased pensi...
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![Pension revision is based on the pay scale held at retirement, not the post’s subsequent upgraded scale.. C GANESAN vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chennai']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/pension-revision-is-based-on-the-pay-scale-held-at-retirement-not-the-posts-subsequent-upg-a36ddc8cef4e4e03ade087e4cbe5830b.webp)
The applicant, appointed in the Railway Accounts Department in 1961, was promoted through the departmental accounting examinations and ultimately served as an Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO), a Group ‘B’ gazetted post.
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The applicant, a Postal Assistant who had served as Sub-Postmaster, Vadapathimangalam SO, credited the maturity proceeds of five MIS accounts, totalling ₹1,98,500, into the SB account of the depositor, Smt. K. Thulasi...
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The applicant, a Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster at Illanjembur Branch Office, was issued a charge-sheet under Rule 10 on 04.10.2012 for alleged irregularities in the payment of e-Money Orders to certain beneficiar...
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![Competent authority must decide employees’ repatriation claims by a reasoned order within six weeks.. PARVEEN KUMAR vs GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. CAT - ['Jammu']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/competent-authority-must-decide-employees-repatriation-claims-by-a-reasoned-order-within-s-9dfddbfa058d41249fe5f52c7cd69267.webp)
The 18 applicants are General Line Teachers, domiciled in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, who were appointed against district-cadre posts in Leh/Kargil before the reorganisation of the erstwhile State of Jam...
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The applicant, an Assistant Stockman in the Sheep Husbandry Department, UT of Ladakh, claimed that under the recruitment rules applicable before the reorganisation of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, the post...
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The applicant claimed that he had been continuously working as a Junior Administrative Officer (JAO) at AIIMS, Rishikesh since 18 March 2013, against a sanctioned and perennial post, while functioning under the direct...
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![Application treated as representation; competent authority directed to decide claims through a reasoned order.. NITIN KUMAR YADAV vs AIIMS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/application-treated-as-representation-competent-authority-directed-to-decide-claims-throug-6a9650dea392445c82f02e578806e2f6.webp)
The applicant claimed continuous engagement as a Junior Engineer (Electrical) through successive outsourcing agencies, allegedly since 2 September 2016, against a sanctioned and perennial post at AIIMS Rishikesh.
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![An Original Application may be treated as a representation for a reasoned decision without adjudicating its merits.. PRAVEEN VYAS vs AIIMS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-original-application-may-be-treated-as-a-representation-for-a-reasoned-decision-without-06420718e03b4bc1b7b248973abc7b7a.webp)
The applicant, Praveen Vyas, claimed that he had been continuously working as a Junior Engineer (Electrical) at AIIMS Rishikesh since 22 March 2016 through successive outsourcing agencies.
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![Administrative uncertainty cannot defeat reserved-category candidature where delayed certificate submission was not attributable to the applicant.. Vikram Mor vs D/o Post. CAT - ['Chandigarh']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/administrative-uncertainty-cannot-defeat-reserved-category-candidature-where-delayed-certi-3af923ef074f4304aa74a882965a5755.webp)
The respondents invited applications for recruitment to the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant in the Haryana Postal Circle, with 27.03.2014 as the last date for submission of applications.
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![An ad hoc authority cannot impose dismissal, a major penalty, under the CCS (CCA) Rules.. Amit Chopra vs D/o Post. CAT - ['Chandigarh']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-ad-hoc-authority-cannot-impose-dismissal-a-major-penalty-under-the-ccs-cca-rules-1941b87f7ad748369d37b1572082283b.webp)
The applicant, a Postal Assistant appointed by the Superintendent of Post Offices, Ambala Division, was served with a major-penalty charge-sheet under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, alleging misappropriation of...
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The applicant, Manjit Singh, joined Northern Railway as a Diesel Cleaner in November 1987 and was subsequently promoted to various posts, ultimately serving as Chief Ticket Inspector before retiring on 31 December 2024.
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![An original application becomes infructuous once the applicant’s grievance is fully redressed.. DR POLASH BORA vs EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION (ESIC). CAT - ['Guwahati']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/an-original-application-becomes-infructuous-once-the-applicants-grievance-is-fully-redress-23e0640a06c74859b79f27f06f61d02a.webp)
The applicant challenged the ESIC authorities’ orders concerning his transfer and rejection of his grievance, including Office Order No. 127 of 2023 dated 10 November 2023 and the Financial Commissioner’s order dated...
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![A signed undertaking binds a retiree to recovery of overpaid allowances from gratuity.. Jyoti Prasad Das vs INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. CAT - ['Guwahati']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/a-signed-undertaking-binds-a-retiree-to-recovery-of-overpaid-allowances-from-gratuity-caa71afbe2a949ba8683f87295068ea0.webp)
The applicant was appointed as a Security Assistant in the Intelligence Bureau on 11 May 1987 and retired on superannuation on 30 April 2024 as Assistant Central Intelligence Officer-I after approximately 37 years of...
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The applicant was appointed as an Apprentice Assistant Driver in 1992 and was subsequently promoted to various posts, ultimately serving as Chief Loco Inspector.
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The applicant was appointed as a Postal Assistant pursuant to the Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Direct Recruitment Examination for 2013–14, through an appointment letter dated 10 April 2015, and joined service on...
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The 14 applicants were contractual teachers serving under the respondents for approximately 14–20 years. They challenged the refusal to grant them age relaxation beyond the five-year limit prescribed for contractual e...
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The applicant, Mohit Kumar, a recruit Constable (Driver) selected for Delhi Police-2022, was denied appointment after the respondents issued a show-cause notice dated 4 April 2024 and cancelled his candidature by orde...
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The applicants challenged Rejection Notice No. 260 dated 22 June 2018, by which their candidature for the post of Supervisor Grade-II (Female), Post Code No. 212/14, pursuant to Advertisement No. 02/2014 issued throug...
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The applicant, Virendera Singh, a Master Craftsman posted at Ordinance Factory, Dehradun, filed the Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. He challenged orders dated 1 Decembe...
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The applicants, who were working as Section Officers (Horticulture) on contract basis with the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), instituted Contempt Petition No. 482/2026 in relation to OA No. 2907/2019 against the...
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The 37 applicants are Group ‘C’ civilian and industrial employees working as Tradesman Mates in the office of the Commandant, 2 Corps, Ordnance Maintenance Company, Ambala.
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![Review jurisdiction cannot be used to reappreciate facts or seek rehearing on merits.. RUKHSANA KHATOON vs RAIS ALI & ORS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/review-jurisdiction-cannot-be-used-to-reappreciate-facts-or-seek-rehearing-on-merits-18b9fd1f8cd3407996c12eb98d671dbb.webp)
Rais Ali, the original applicant in OA No. 3480/2024, had challenged his dismissal and the consequential departmental proceedings before the Tribunal.
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The 26 applicants were retired Group-C civilian employees of the Military Engineering Services, Ministry of Defence, who had initially been appointed as Mazdoors between 1977 and 1982 and were subsequently re-designat...
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The applicant, an officer of the Indian Defence Service of Engineers posted as Director (E/M), appeared in the GATE examination on 14 February 2026 after obtaining permission from the competent authority.
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The applicants, employees of the Government of NCT of Delhi, challenged show-cause notices dated 12.07.2024 and 18.07.2024 and charge memoranda dated 05.08.2024, whereby disciplinary proceedings were initiated against...
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The applicants were serving or retired officers who had held the posts of Inspector of Central Excise and Superintendent of Central Excise.
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The applicant, Smt. Monika Dutta, a Senior Auditor in the Office of the Principal Controller of Accounts (Factories), challenged Office Order No. X/10050/Seniority/2025/TR-401 to 592 dated 27 February 2026, by which s...
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The petitioner, a retired Group ‘C’ driver, had suffered 50% disability during service. He was subsequently continued in Government service in a different capacity and later retired on attaining superannuation, while...
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![Successive representations and recurring pension claims cannot revive stale claims or justify extraordinary delay.. Rajender Prasad Kaushik vs GNCTD. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/successive-representations-and-recurring-pension-claims-cannot-revive-stale-claims-or-just-ee203c0106224586918809c7ce999725.webp)
The applicant, a former Lecturer (English), sought counting of his past service with the MCD from 14.12.1983 to 18.09.1991 for qualifying service, pay fixation, and consequential revision of pension.
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The applicant, a retired General Manager (Projects) of HUDCO, challenged, among other matters, the interlocutory orders dated 19 December 2025 and 10 July 2026 passed by the Inquiring Authority in a departmental inqui...
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Fifteen employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, including school attendants, chowkidars, a nursery aya, and a safai karamchari, instituted contempt proceedings alleging non-compliance with the Tribunal’s orde...
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The applicant was appointed on compassionate grounds as a Line Clear Porter in the North Eastern Railway on 15 June 2005 and was subsequently promoted as a Kantawala.
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The applicant, an Inspector in the Central Goods and Services Tax Department, was arrested by the CBI on 9 April 2025 in connection with RC No. 1202025A0007, registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and...
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The applicants, comprising retired and senior employees of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), sought coverage under the GPF-cum-Pension Scheme and corresponding retirement benefits under the CCS (Pension) Rules,...
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The applicant, an Assistant Director (Finance) in the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), had served at the Chandigarh/Ropar station since 1997 and had not previously been transferred.
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The applicant, a retired Railway employee, entered service as a Traffic Porter on 18 September 1980 and was subsequently promoted as Pointsman-A.
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The applicant, a Railway employee, joined as Diesel Cleaner in 1988 and was ultimately promoted as Technician Grade-I (Mechanical) in Grade Pay (GP) of ₹2,800.
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The applicant, a 34-year-old resident of the Mahe region of Puducherry, possessed a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a B.Ed. qualification and belonged to the OBC category.
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The original applicant was sponsored by the Employment Exchange and, pursuant to the Departmental Selection Committee proceedings dated 12 April 1983, was selected as a stand-by driver on daily-wage basis, while three...
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The applicant, an Assistant Branch Post Master, was arrested and detained in custody in connection with a criminal case.
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The applicant challenged PHQ Order No. 2561 of 2011 dated 5 August 2011, by which his claim for compassionate appointment was rejected, and PHQ Order No. 955 of 2003 dated 6 March 2003, which allegedly cancelled the e...
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The applicant’s father, Late Ghulam Hassan Rather, was employed as a Beldar in the Civil Construction Wing of All India Radio, Srinagar, and died in an accident while in service on 7 September 2012.
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The Review Applicants challenged the Tribunal’s order dated 26 May 2026, by which their Original Application was disposed of with a direction that they would be bound by, and receive the benefit of, the final decision...
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The Applicant, a Gateman in the North Western Railway, was on duty at Level Crossing Gate No. LC-193 during the night of 13/14 August 2021. During a night inspection by the Senior Divisional Safety Officer, he was all...
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The applicants were Class-IV employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Protection Force (FPF), serving as Orderlies, Chowkidars and Safaiwalas. They claimed that, although designated as Class-IV employees, they were e...
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The applicant, an ITI-trained electrician, was appointed as Constable (Electrician) in the J&K Police under Order No. 483/1983 dated 6 August 1983.
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The applicants were retired employees of the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) belonging to its clerical cadre. They challenged the alleged disparity between the promotional avenues available to the clerical cadre and those a...
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The applicant’s father, who was employed as a Record Keeper in the office of the Accountant General, Gwalior, died in harness on 8 January 2010. At that time, the applicant was 11 years old and a minor.
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The Railway Recruitment Board issued CEN No. 02/2019 for paramedical posts, including Health & Malaria Inspector Grade-III, with suitability for persons with locomotor disabilities.
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The applicant, a retired Group ‘C’ Railway employee, exercised his option under the Railway Board’s incentive scheme dated 25 February 2009 for joining the Rail Coach Factory, Rae Bareli, which offered three advance i...
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The applicant, Diksha Choudhary, is the unmarried daughter of Late Smt. Devi Rani, a Constable in IRP 15th Battalion, J&K Police, who died in harness on 17 July 2019. At that time, the applicant was a minor. Family pe...
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![Authorities must pass a reasoned, speaking order on the show-cause reply after considering relevant precedent.. MONU KUMAR BIJAWAT vs HOME AFFAIRS. CAT - ['Delhi']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/authorities-must-pass-a-reasoned-speaking-order-on-the-show-cause-reply-after-considering-b6ceed25628e49dfbe5ac542f035be83.webp)
The applicant challenged the respondents’ action concerning his offer of appointment, after a show-cause notice dated 06.07.2026 was issued to him.
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![Long-serving contractual employees selected through open recruitment are entitled to reinstatement and regularization with age relaxation.. SHRIKANT T SURYAVANSHI vs INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. CAT - ['Bangalore']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/long-serving-contractual-employees-selected-through-open-recruitment-are-entitled-to-reins-9579a52bc121457da62f0024f50b42f2.webp)
The applicant was engaged by the Regional Medical Research Centre, ICMR, Belagavi, as a Mali pursuant to a newspaper advertisement, interview and verification of his qualifications in 2006. He joined on 13.10.2006 on...
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The applicant, Mahender Singh, was working as a Senior Translation Officer in the Rajbhasha Cadre in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit-II), Punjab. He qualified the SAS Examination-I of 2024 in the Civil Acc...
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![Approved DPC empanelment requires consideration for notional promotion where vacancy denial remains unsubstantiated.. Varendara Singh Saini vs M/o Railways. CAT - ['Chandigarh']. LawLens](/stories/thumbnails/approved-dpc-empanelment-requires-consideration-for-notional-promotion-where-vacancy-denia-b9317baa73614f2c99ae07341daa3c3c.webp)
The applicant joined the Railways as Junior Engineer (Mechanical) on 10 November 1986 and was promoted as Assistant Works Manager (Junior Scale Officer), Group ‘B’, with effect from 30 September 2014.
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