JUDGMENT

Sant Prakash, J. (Oral). - The instant petition has been preferred under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing order/judgment dated 29.01.2021 (Annexure P-4) whereby the Central Administrative Tribunal (for short, 'CAT') has dismissed original application filed by the petitioner, rejecting her claim for grant of maternity leave from 04.06.2019 to 30.11.2019 for her first child namely Viren Pratap Singh, born on 04.06.2019; as well as to quash orders dated 03.09.2019 and 21.01.2020, (Annexures P-2 and P-1, respectively) whereby the respondents have rejected the request of petitioner for grant of maternity leave and converted the same into Earned Leave; with a further prayer to issue an writ of mandamus directing the respondents to sanction maternity leave from 04.06.2019 to 30.11.2019 by treating a newly born baby (Viren Pratap Singh) as her first child and to regularize the leave period.

2. Succinctly, the petitioner is working on the post of Nursing Officer in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-respondent No.3. On 18.02.2014, the petitioner solemnized marriage with Amir S