JUDGMENT

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Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

CM APPL. 13935/2021 (for exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions and as per extant rules.

2. The application is disposed of.

W.P.(C) 4541/2021

3. This petition impugns the order dated 16th March, 2021 of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, of dismissal of OA No. 534/2021 preferred by the 76 of the 113 petitioners herein.

4. It was the claim of the petitioners, that (i) in pursuance to the advertisement issued by the respondent no. 1 for Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE), 2020, time granted for uploading of the applications online, was between 29th December, 2020 and 31st January, 2021; (ii) the petitioners attempted to upload their applications, but since the server of the respondents no.1 was down from 23rd January, 2021 to 31st January, 2021, their applications could not be uploaded; and, (iii) the petitioners thus were entitled to extension of time for uploading of the applications.

5. CAT, on the aforesaid pleas of the petitioners in the OA, called for the reply from the respondents, specifically on the point whether, during the time when according to the petiti