JUDGMENT :

JOYMALYA BAGCHI, J.

1. Order, dated 1.11.2018, passed in O.A. No. 1397 of 2015 by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, (for short ‘the Tribunal’) directing the respondent to be considered for appointment to the post of Multi-Tasking Staff (for short ‘the MTS’) which was kept vacant by virtue of the interim order, dated 16.10.2015, for the purpose of giving effect to the statutory reservation upto 3% of the posts under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (for short ‘the Act of 1995’) with a further direction to complete the entire process of appointment within the stipulated time is under challenge in the instant writ petition.

2. Factual matrix giving rise to the instant proceeding is to the effect that a notification was issued in December, 2012 by the petitioner-Union of India for recruitment of MTS in the Naval Armament Depot, Visakhapatnam. The respondent, who is a visually challenged person with 40% disability, responded to the said notification, participated in the written test and received a call letter for participation in the interview/physical endurance test. But the petitioners did