Order

This appeal by special leave is preferred against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 367 of 1995 dated 12.1.1996.

2. The appellant volunteered in response to a notification issued by the Chief Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, dated 16.9.1991 for filling up the vacancies for the post of Assistant Personnel Officer (Group B) against 25% quota reserved for Limited Departmental Competi­tive Examination for the year 1990. No doubt, the appellant was suc­cessful in the preliminary examination and also in the main written examination. Based on that, she was called for viva voce. Interview was conducted and a panel of selected names was prepared for appoint­ment to the post of Assistant Personnel Officer, but the appellant’s name did not find a place in the panel. The appellant preferred an application before the Tribunal on an earlier occasion in OA No. 1178 of 1994 praying for quashing the order of the General Manager dropping her name from the panel. That application was dismissed at the admis­sion stage directing the appellant to go before the appellate authori­ty and exhaust her alternative remedies. The appellate authority also confirmed the action of