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RAVI NATH TILHARI, NYAPATHY VIJAY
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Rep. by its Director General, New Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Central Administrative Tribunal, Rep. by its Registrar, Hyderabad – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Ravi Nath Tilhari, J.) :
Heard Ms C. Vani Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, through virtual mode, and Sri A. Rajendra Babu, learned counsel for the respondents 2 to 10.
2. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:-
3. Learned counsel for the writ petitioners submits that the respondents 2 to 10/applicants filed O.A.No.729 of 2009 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, feeling aggrieved from the note order dated 29.06.2009 and dated 07.03.2009 issued by the Directorate of Oil Palm Research the 2nd petitioner herein, under which they were held disentitled for the House Rent Allowance (H.R.A).
4. The applicants/respondents 2 to 10 were working in various capacities at the Directorate of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District under the control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (in short ‘ICAR’). A circular
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