JUDGMENT

Rajiv Shakdher, J. - Table of Contents

Preface

Background

Submissions on behalf of Jasveer Singh [i.e., the original applicant]

Submissions on behalf of UOI and NIA

Analysis and Reasons

Conclusion

Preface:-

1. These are writ petitions directed against the order dated 07.01.2021, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [in short "the Tribunal"] in O.A. No. 2273/2017.

2. For the sake of convenience, Jasveer Singh [i.e., the original applicant], who is the petitioner in W.P.(C.) 6686/2021, will be hereafter referred to as the petitioner. Likewise, the Union of India (UOI) and others i.e., the Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA), in effect, NIA and the Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), in effect, DoPT, will be collectively described as the respondents, unless the context requires otherwise.

3. The principal grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have not given him the benefit of the service rendered by him in his parent department i.e., the Border Security Force (BSF), prior to his absorption in NIA.

3.1. According to the petitioner, the failure to recognise the service ren