S. Sunanda vs Chairman Indira Gandhi Rshtriya Uran Akademi New Delhi

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2023 Supreme(All) 213

DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
S. Sunanda – Appellant
Versus
Chairman Indira Gandhi Rshtriya Uran Akademi New Delhi – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Anupam Verma, Capt. Pramod Kumar Bajaj.
For the Respondent: Yogesh Chandra Bhatt, Anurag Srivastava.

JUDGMENT :

Om Prakash Shukla, J.

1. Heard Shri Anupam Verma and Shri Pramod Kumar Bajaj, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Shri Anurag Srivastava and Shri Yogesh Chandra Bhatt, learned Counsel for the respondents.

2. Petitioner is aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 25.02.2020 passed in Original Application No. 485 of 2018 and the order dated 21.07.2020 passed in Review Application No. 4 of 2020 by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as the ''Tribunal'), whereby both, Original Application (O.A.) No. 485/2018 as well as the Review Application No. 04/2020 filed by the petitioner, have been dismissed.

A. The case before the Tribunal

3. The petitioner claimed to be appointed as a Telephone Operator with effect from 06.08.2008 on contractual basis with the "Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi" (hereinafter referred to as "IGRUA") vide letter dated 05.08.2008. As per the case of the petitioner, the term of the contract was extended from time to time and the last such extension was granted to the petitioner vide letter dated 26.05.2016, which provided the contractual term of employment till 31.12.2016.

4. The petitioner alleged that h